Friday, 14 August 2015

The river is fining off nicely but fishing is challenging………

Conditions.
Dry with rather strong wind. The forecast is now dry right through the weekend with some rain due on Wednesday.

The upper river continues to fall. The clarity is at least 4 feet.

At Killavullen the river is holding at 1.17m today.
Excellent fly height & clarity which is ~4 feet & slightly peaty.

The Ballyduff gauge is down to 0.28m by nightfall. Again excellent fly height & clarity which is ~4 feet & just slightly peaty.

 Water temperature at Ballyduff: 12.6ºC / 54.6ºF.

Catches.


The last few days have been rather quieter. Fish are not showing & are difficult to tempt. Four fish caught today which brings the total to 74 fish caught for August & 319 for the season to date. Paolo ratti (Italy) caught his First Ever Salmon – a 7 pounder on spinner from the Green Bank on Upper Kilmurry.

Prospects.
Rather challenging currently, but expecting it to come good with all the fish that ran in on the last flood. Tides are peaking at 3.8m for the next couple of days which may help to bring fish in.

 Availability.
No problem for rods & accommodation at the moment.

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