Two foot plus flood on lower river peaks at 1.05m – highest level since June 2.……

Conditions.

It was dry throughout the catchment today. The forecast is now dry right through until Tuesday apart from some light rain Saturday night.
 
The upper river at Millstreet peaked at 23.00 up a metre from August 2. It’s back down 0.70m by 23.00 this evening (6^th.)  The clarity is less than a foot this evening.

At Killavullen the river peaked at 2.05m at 07.00. it is down to 1.52m by 23.00. Clarity was less than a foot & peaty through the day.

The Ballyduff gauge peaked at 1.05m at 13.00 – up 0.80m since August 2. It is down to 0.76m by 23.00 this evening. Clarity is about 1 foot & very peaty with a slight sediment colour.

The average height of the Ballyduff gauge was 0.36m for June & 0.33m for July. For the first 6 days of August the average height is 0.51m

Water temperature at Ballyduff: 12.8ºC / 55.0ºF.

Catches.

The water was very dark & peat-stained throughout but with little muddy sedimenty colour. Clarity throughout was less than a foot, so it was hardly surprising that no fish were caught today!


Prospects.

Very coloured water was still coming down from above Millstreet this evening, but it is dropping fast. It will be in spin/bait order tomorrow, but may barely be fishable with fly. Fishing should be superb in the coming days once this latest flood drops and the river fines off.

Availability.

No problem for rods & accommodation at the moment.

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