Once again, the river ran at very high levels for the greater part of the week and the lowest reading we had on the gauge for the week was 0.26 metres on Thursday. Every other day brought good or very big floods and in fact the river was too high to fish on a number of occasions. The gauge average for the week read a huge 0.41 metres once again. The river was reasonably busy with 50 visiting rods fishing over the week. There were a number of salmon reported over the week but catches were down somewhat due to the water levels being far too high on occasions.
Given here are some of the catches taken from the catch register. On Monday, Maurice Kennedy recorded a 2lb grilse caught and released on a spinner from beat 7. The following day, Tuesday, Maurice accounted for another grilse weighing 3lb caught on a spinner from beat 6. On Wednesday, Vincent Hatton reported a 4lb grilse caught on a fly from beat 5. On Thursday, Otmar Butz logged a 7lb grilse caught on a fly from beat 7 and Maurice Kennedy registered a 6½lb grilse caught on a spinner from beat 6. On Saturday, Maurice Kennedy accounted for a 3lb grilse caught on a spinner from beat 6 and Mickey McLoughlin registered a 6lb grilse caught on a fly from beat 7. On Sunday, Anton Doherty recorded a 3½lb grilse caught on a fly from beat 4.
The forecast is for wet weather for the coming week. Let’s hope we don’t get as much as the past week! With the continued run of fresh salmon, prospects look good.
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