Postings tagged with: »Otmar Butz«
Plenty of Salmon in the Owenea
Perfect conditions in the Owenea. We see plenty of Salmon, a good flood going, but we can't catch a fish.
Otmar Butz giving his damndest to catch a fish, but it was not meant to be.
Ray and Otmar and Me up at Glencolumbcille
Ray tells Otmar where all those lakes are; up at Glencolumbcille. Yonder that there hill.
It is a fair old walk to get up to the lakes, but you are always rewarded. Splendid views all around.
Can't believe my luck. I catch a good brownie on a Wickham's straight away.
And Ray soon has one on a Bibio.
Otmar Butz and Ray Robinson celebrating the day, the fishing and life in general.
Salmon run the Owenea
Monbrecia bloom: time for salmon. Today a good few came up the Owenea.
Otmar Butz is into one pretty soon, though they are not too keen on our flies.
Obviously a seal has attacked this one.
Otmar puts the fish back, but is happy nevertheless, because we see so many salmon.
Not just in the water. This one took the Shrimp Fly.
Heavy grey clouds are around us all day, only to lift a bit towards evening.
A Salmon for Otmar Butz
Again lots of water in the Owenea. The usual thing in Donegal: once it has started to rain, it never stops.
That's the stuff the salmon angler wants. Otmar Butz plays a nice fish at "The Tagh".
Fresh up from the sea. The salmon season gets some shape now, after a very slow start.
The day the rain came
An evening at the picknick-table, Owenea, Co. Donegal. After the rain there was a good bit of water in the river and it looked perfect. But there wasn't a fish in sight.
Ray Robinson and Otmar Butz hope to catch a salmon soon, because the forecast is pretty good. More rain to come.
No Rain, no Salmon
No rain, no salmon. So, it's the lakes of the Blue Stack Mountains again. You couldn't hope for a more beautiful setting for your brown trout fishing anyway.
No matter, which way you look at it.
Ray Robinson and Otmar Butz at a lake near Barnesmore, Co. Donegal.
Soon enough we had a good few trout, not the biggest ones, but good fishing and good eating.
