Eight fish to 10¾lb. finally yesterday. More rain this morning.……

Conditions.

There was more rain overnight throughout the catchment overnight. The forecast is now dry right through until Sunday.

The upper river at Millstreet was falling steadily until 07.30 this morning but is just starting to rise again.

Killavullen peaked at 1.52m at 21.00 last night & is down to 1.40m at 10.00 today & is about to start rising. Clarity is ~ 1 foot & peaty but with little or no sediment today. 

Ballyduff gauge was down to 0.41m at 22.00 last night but then peaked at 0.56m at 05.30 this morning. By 10.00 is down to 0.54m but will rise again later. Clarity is about 1-1½ feet – very peaty with a slight sediment colour.

 Water temperature at Ballyduff: 12.8ºC / 55.0ºF.

Catches.

Even with quite coloured water & only 5 rods for the day, the day’s total was 7 fish to 10¾lb. Six came from the upper river.


Prospects.

The river is just about in spinning order today. The rise is bringing the multitude of fish waiting in the tidal reaches into the main river as almost all the fish caught yesterday were very fresh including the 10¾ pounder caught on the upper river. Plenty of fish are moving especially on our upper beats. Fishing should be excellent in the coming days once we get the latest rise due from last night’s rain and the river fines off.

Availability.

No problem for rods & accommodation at the moment.

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