River Gowey 13th jan 2013

Wasn't planing on fishing here but, due to every lake being froze I'd thought I would give it a go. Being only a small river I thought the best approach would be to use a Mepps spinner. The water coloured and I would say the river was dropping after a few days of flood water. The flow was quick and there wasn't any great looking pike swims to go at. Approximately 3/4 of mile downstream I found a nice looking swim, it's was a small S bend with a water inlet. After a few casts I hit my first fish, unluckly it slipped the hook. A few more casts and no success so moved down stream for a while with little success, I returned back to the spot were I lost a fish and after a few casts a was in again. I can't be sure if it was the same fish but was of similar size. This time landed and approximately a small jack of about 3lb. A walked back upstream but no joy. Interesting river and may take the time in autumn to chubb and roach fish.