The river is fining off to cracking fly order……..

Conditions.

It’s a bright sunny day here today. There is no more rain forecast for the next 8 days with high pressure building again from mid-week on. Air temperature is 10ºC at 08.30 this morning.

The Millstreet gauge has fallen back to almost it’s pre-flood level.

The Killavullen gauge is falling steadily & is at 1.37m at 09.00 this morning.
Clarity is about 3½ feet.

The lower river at Ballyduff is falling steadily & is at 0.48m at 09.00.
Clarity about 4-5 feet.

Water temperature at    Ballyduff: 9.2ºC / 48.6ºF @ 18.00 today.
Water temperature at Killavullen:   10.1 ºC / 50.2ºF @ 10.00 & steady.

Prospects.

Conditions are perfect for fly on both the lower & upper river today, & should remain so for the next week at least.

Catches.

The first fish since the three we caught over last weekend was caught yesterday. It’s our second so far on the fly & was caught by Gavin O'Shea (Cork) with his variant of a Posh Tosh on Woodstream on the upper river.