Over 300 now for the Season & the Best Fish on Fly…………………..

Dan Hawker about to release the Biggest Fly-caught Salmon 

at the Lodge for 2015. 

He caught it on a small Cascade at the Hut on Kents
— with Dan Hawker at Blackwater Lodge.

Conditions.

No rain in the catchment for the last few days. The forecast is now dry right through until the end of next week with some rain on Sunday & Tuesday.
Today was a very bright hot sunny day.

The upper river at Millstreet is falling steadily. The clarity is at least 3 feet.

At Killavullen the river is also falling slowly & is at 1.20 this evening.
Excellent fly height & clarity which is ~3 feet & slightly peaty.

The Ballyduff gauge is down to 0.31m by nightfall. Again excellent fly height & clarity which is ~3 feet & slightly peaty.

 Water temperature at Ballyduff: 12.6ºC / 54.6ºF.

Catches.

The last 3 days have been much quieter than the previous 3 when 47 fish were caught for 42 rod days. On the 9^th., we passed the 300 fish mark for the season. Two grilse were caught on the tenth & then yesterday four fish were caught including the Second Best Fish this year which is also the largest fly-caught fish of the season. It was an extremely fresh 13 pounder which was landed by 19 year old Dan Hawker on Kents on the lower river. He released the fish. Today was very hot & bright with just a few rods out. The river was quiet & no fish were caught.
We already have 67 fish caught for August & 312 for the season to date.

Prospects.

Should be good in the coming days if the weather is not so sunny.

Availability.

No problem for rods & accommodation at the moment.

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