Wednesday, 5 August 2015

Seven fish to 10¾lb. today……

Conditions.
The weather continued showery this afternoon. The forecast is for some more rain tomorrow & then dry right through until Sunday.

The upper river at Millstreet I s falling steadily.

Killavullen was down to 1.30m at 14.00 but then rose to 1.52m by 21.00 & peaked. It is just starting to fall at 11.30pm. Clarity was ~ 1½-2  feet & peaty but with little or no sediment.

Ballyduff gauge peaked this morning at 09.00 at 0.62m. Clarity is about 1½-2 feet – peaty with a slight sediment colour.

 Water temperature at Ballyduff: 12.8ºC / 55.0ºF.

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 was in fair spinning order. It was barely flyfishable throughout. It should improve somewhat tomorrow. It looks as if the rise will pull the multitude of fish waiting in the tidal reaches into the main river as almost all the fish caught today were very fresh. If so, fishing should be excellent in the coming days when the river fines off after this latest flood.
Availability.
No problem for rods & accommodation at the moment.

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