The Liffey’s attraction for many anglers is not the catch, but the opportunity to observe the wildlife along its banks, says Colm Gallagher, who has been fishing the river since the 1980s.
“Catching fish and taking fish home for eating is not a thing any more; in fact, it’s not permitted to kill a salmon even if you catch it. It’s catch and release. Most of the angling clubs along the Liffey impose limits on the number of trout that can be taken too,” he says.Patrick Kielty’s Late Late Show: The host is excellent. Everything else...
It is “as rare as could be to catch salmon now, or even to see one on the Liffey these days, but there’s always a chance,” he says. The group secured funding to put tonnes of gravel into the river along the Strawberry Beds between Lucan and Chapelizod.