One fish caught by 11.00am today.....

Etienne Hubert - a Frenchman living in Dublin - caught a beautiful very fresh fish of 9lb. on fly on the Island Stream on Lower Kilmurry this morning. He hasn't seen any fish showing - but they're there!

The river is coming down after the last small flood.

Conditions.

It’s a bright morning here. There was no rain across the catchment in the last 24 hours. The  forecast is for plenty of rain on Monday.

The upper river at Millstreet peaked at 13.30 yesterday – up 37cm but it has already fallen back 30cm by this morning.


At Killavullen the gauge peaked at 1.56m at midnight & is down to 1.45m today.
The clarity there is 2 feet at lunchtime today.
 

The lower river at Ballyduff peaked this morning at 07.00 at 0.57m – up 16cm but with good clarity.

Water temperature at Ballyduff: 10.3ºC / 51.0ºF & steady.

Prospects.

Should be excellent with this latest fresh on the river.  There were a few fish running the lower river yesterday & more the day before but this should improve with the higher water.

Catches.

Only a couple of rods out yesterday. No fish caught – just one met on spinner.

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A small flood on the way................

The upper river at Millstreet has just peaked at 13.30 this afternoon
– up 37cm on yesterday.

Best Fish of Season yesterday!

Catches.
Paul Sands (UK) released two very fresh fish on fly on Lower Kilmurry yesterday including the Best of Season so far at 11½lb. He saw a good number of fish moving during the day.

Conditions.

It’s a bright breezy morning here. There was a band of quite heavy rain across the catchment in the early hours. The radar picture shows the situation at 04.00. The  forecast is for unsettled weather into the weekend.
 

The upper river at Millstreet is starting to rise fairly quickly this morning. Killavullen is just starting to rise slowly & the gauge there is at 1.35m at 10.00.
 

The lower river at Ballyduff is rising slowly & is at 0.43m at 10.00. Clarity this morning is about 3 feet.

Water temperature at Ballyduff: 10.2ºC / 50.8ºF & steady.

Prospects.

The river is going to be rising today – it remains to be seen by how much. This rise – combined with a better run of fish coming into the river yesterday – bodes well for sport in the coming days.

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Rain coming in tonight!

Conditions.

There is a band of rain coming across the catchment tonight. The radar picture shows the situation at 00.15. The  forecast is for unsettled weather into the weekend.
 
The upper river at Millstreet & Killavullen is holding steady for now. The Killavullen gauge is down to 1.33m at 23.00 this evening. Clarity on the upper river is now 5 feet.
 

The lower river at Ballyduff is falling steadily & is at 0.41m at 23.00 this evening. Clarity this evening is 5 feet.

Water temperature at Ballyduff: 10.2ºC / 50.8ºF & steady.

Prospects.

The river is in magnificent order -  perfect fly-fishable height & clarity throughout. Fishing remains challenging, but this could change with the impending rain.

Catches

No fish in the last 3 days .

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One very fresh salmon & a grilse with long-tail sealice today!

Conditions.

The forecast is still for dry weather for tomorrow with rain Wednesday/Thursday & continuing unsettled into the weekend.
 
The upper river at Millstreet & Killavullen continue to fall only very slowly. The Killavullen gauge is down to 1.37m this evening. Clarity on the upper river is now over 4 feet.
 

The lower river at Ballyduff is falling steadily & is at 0.45m this evening. Clarity this evening is 4 feet.

Water temperature at Ballyduff: 10.1ºC / 50.6ºF & steady.

Prospects.

The river is in magnificent order -  perfect fly-fishable height & clarity throughout. Conditions for the start of this week are perfect.
Fish are starting to showin good numbers on the upper river.

Catches.

Two fish today. 8 fish in the last 5 days for just 39 rod days.

A very fresh 8lb. from Carrig

A 4lb. grilse with long-tail sea-lice from Upper Kilmurry for Ian Powell Jnr.

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Joint Best Fish of the Season so far ………

                       Robert Aldridge caught this very fresh 11 pounder
                                    on spinner on Woodstream today.

Conditions.

No rain last night or today here. The forecast is still for dry calm weather for Monday & Tuesday with rain Wednesday/Thursday & continuing unsettled into the weekend.
 
The upper river at Millstreet is falling steadily & slowly.

The upper river at Killavullen is now falling only very slowly & it is down to 1.39m at 23.30 this evening. Clarity on the upper river is now a good 4 feet.
 

The lower river at Ballyduff is falling steadily & is at 0.47m at 23.30 this evening. Clarity this evening is 4 feet.

Water temperature at Ballyduff: 10.1ºC / 50.6ºF & steady.

Prospects.

The river is in magnificent order -  fly-fishable height & clarity throughout. Conditions for the start of this week will be absolutely ideal.

Catches.
 

Six fish to 11lb. in the last 4 days for just 30 rod days.

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The river continues to fine off to good fly order………

Dave McDowell (N. Ireland) caught this sea-liced 5 pounder on fly from our very top beat just below Mallow.

Conditions.

An overcast morning here with no rain yesterday or overnight here. There must have been a small amount of rain in the upper catchment.  The forecast is for dry weather from now on into the middle of next week with high pressure building over Ireland this coming weekend. Winds have slackened considerably & temperatures have risen. It was 16ºC at 20.00 last night!

The upper river at Millstreet has surprisingly risen 2cm since 03.00 this morning after falling steadily throughout yesterday. There didn’t appear to have been any rain in the upper catchment!

The upper river at Killavullen is now falling more slowly & it is down to 1.45m at 09.00 this morning. Clarity on the upper river is now a good 3 feet.
 

The lower river at Ballyduff is falling steadily & it’s down to 0.53m at 09.00 this morning. Clarity this evening is 1½ - 2 feet with a nice peat stain.

Water temperature at Ballyduff: 10.0ºC / 50.4ºF & steady.

Prospects.

The river is fining off quickly. The river is at fly-fishable height & clarity throughout. Conditions for the weekend & into next week will be absolutely ideal.

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