The river continues to fine off.....

This was the river below the Lodge at 15.00 today.

A glorious day with the sun splitting the stones.

Not something we've been used to this summer at all.

The Ballyduff gauge was at 0.56m at 15.00.

This means that many of the fly runs are now becoming accessible.

This is the lowest level since August 3.

Clarity is now 4-5 feet.

The Killavullen gauge is at 1.39m @ 15.00

The clarity is ~ 5 feet.

There are very large numbers of fish being seen, especially on our upper beats between Ballyhooly and Mallow.

Some of the lower beats also have a very big head of fish in them, with a number of larger (double figure) resident fish.

The fish are very hard to temp since Monday, though some are falling to very small shrimp flies on intermediate tips.


The total for August to the 6th (so far) is 39 fish to 17.2lb for 54 rod days.
The total for the season to date is 421.


Prospects
The dry weather is due to continue up to the weekend.
The river is fining off well & the clarity is approaching 5 feet throughout.
Prospects of sport once the fish settle is excellent.