Sunday, 9 August 2015

Third Best Day of the Season – 14 fish to 11lb. caught!


A lovely 8 pounder released by Dave Walsh on the upper river.

The last 3 days have been the three Best Days of the Season
with 15, 18 & 14 fish caught respectively.


Conditions.
No rain in the catchment for the last 24 hours. The forecast is now dry right through until the end of next week.

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

At Killavullen the river is more or less holding at 1.25 this evening. Excellent fly height & clarity which is ~3 feet & slightly peaty.

The Ballyduff gauge is down to 0.37m by nightfall. Again excellent fly height & clarity which is ~3 feet & slightly peaty.

 Water temperature at Ballyduff: 12.6ºC / 54.6ºF.

Catches.
Today was the Third Best Day of the Season. Fourteen fish to 11lb. were caught. Seven fell to fly, four to spinner & three to shrimp. The water is fining off to superb fly order.
Best at 11lb. was taken by Frank Ryan on the lower river & there were more better fish than in previous days with fish of 9, 8 & four 6 pounders caught. One rod landed four on the fly.
We now have 47 fish caught for 42 rod days in the last 3 days.

Prospects.
Absolutely superb as the river is fining off & there is an excellent run of grilse & larger salmon. Almost all the fish caught (even on the topmost beats) on our waters were extremely fresh.

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

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