Already Six fish reported by 14.00 today.....

Conditions.

Dry overnight here. Showers yesterday & last night in the upper catchment.  The forecast is broken from tomorrow through to Tuesday with some heavier rain Sunday.
 
The upper river at Millstreet had been falling slowly all day yesterday, but rose 3cm peaking at midnight last night. It is now dropping once again.

Killavullen was falling slowly but steadily, but is up 1cm since 06.00 today. Clarity is about 4 feet.

At Ballyduff, the river is falling steadily & is at 0.29m at 14.00. Clarity is about 3½  feet.

 Water temperature at Ballyduff: 12.4ºC / 54.3ºF.

Catches.

After the great day on Tuesday which was the Second Best Day of the Season with ten grilse caught we then recorded the only blank day of July. There were only 4 rod days yesterday & conditions were very difficult with a biting North wind.
Today with just 6 rods out, we already have 6 fish reported by 14.00 – 5 from the upper river. One beat already reports 3 on the fly without having seen a single fish show!
119 fish caught so far for July for just 211 rod days – a superb average of 0.6 fish/rod day. 239 for the season to date.

Prospects.

The river is in excellent fly order. Fishing should be good sport in the coming days with the latest small fresh on the river. There are reports of some double figure fish caught on the lower river.
Hight tides will be peaking at 4.0m this coming weekend from Saturday to Monday which should help to bring fish into the main river.

Availability.

No problem for rods & accommodation at the moment.

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