THE SEASON IS UNDERWAY WITH MANY EARLY SALMON RIVERS PRODUCING WELL
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he 2022 salmon and seatrout season is now well underway with the first salmon of around 12 lb landed on the Drowes River on January 13th by Dalkey angler Garret Byrne. Many first river salmon have now been landed and we say congratulations to one and all as we face our beloved waters with the same hope and enthusiasm we had in our youth. Our National Executive Council wish your club members a happy, prosperous and successful 2022 season. Once again, this past season has been the most challenging one due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are hopeful that new scientific research and vaccine news will bring normality back as soon as possible. So, the new salmon regulations have just been published by the Minister, and we now embrace the returning of our sport with an optimism that rejuvenates us all at this opening time of the season as we make the important preparations for our members once again.
seeking on health and safety assurances on a river by river basis. The cover once again complies with state bodies who may give grants and seek indemnifications for such works on habitat enhancement or access development projects that your fishery may need.
THIS COMING YEAR WILL BRING MORE CHANGES THAT WILL IMPACT ON OUR ANGLING AND WATERS It is vital that we all play our part together and that all your members are registered and the necessary insurance cover is in place from now onwards. Our AGM has once again, been deferred until further notice due to the pandemic, but we are meeting virtually to keep progressing the lot of
the salmon and seatrout angler and to protect our sport and our stocks. But we have succeeded in lobbying our Government Minister Eamon Ryan TD and CEO of the Inland Fisheries Ireland, Francis O’ Donnell who have been open to our representations to introduce change on a number of issues. We still have many challenges in that we have lobbied IFI annually to substantially reduce the cost of our rod licence for this pandemic season as many lost their angling season last March. Sadly, the response from IFI was to increase it to which we have objected strongly to being the low hanging fruit once again. We will pursue these issues and more at the coming NIFF which we campaigned for and we expect to be convened in February.
HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE NO INCREASE OR CHANGES ON COVER POLICY FOR 2022 We are fortunate to have sourced our upgraded insurance cover once again at the same price and without the bureaucracy that some quotes are 36
Glenbay Sunset Glencolmcille West Donegal - whatever the location angling takes you to some magical locations
Spring 2022 Irish Country Sports and Country Life
