Eileen Carroll Murphy reports from the IFI Macroom office:

FOR WEEK ENDED SUNDAY 17TH OF JUNE 2012

KILLARNEY LAKES AND LOUGH LEANE

No report water very high

FLESK RIVER

16 salmon landed for the week, 9 of these were grilse averaging 3lbs.  Also landed was a salmon of 5.5lbs and 2 salmon of 6lbs each, all caught on worm by mainly local anglers, there were 3 anglers from Cork City. Also 4 grilse, 3 weighing 4lbs each and 1 weighing 5lbs all landed on worms.  Water very high.

RIVER LAUNE BEATS 1 AND 2

1 salmon landed on beat 1 weighing 8lbs on a black flying C by a Cork angler.

1 salmon landed weighing 8lbs at Johnston’s fishery by a local angler caught spinning.

LAUNE SALMON AND TROUT ANGLERS’ ASSOCIATION WATERS AND BEAT 3

Angling Report 18th June (Email to Laune Angling Report)

Laune Salmon and Trout Anglers’ Association waters and Beat 3.

Water very high, lot of fish running the river but not stopping to take a fly or a spinning bait.

Beat 3 has been recently strimmed and is now very accessible and fishable.  Plenty of water, salmon have to show at some stage.

For further information look up:     www.launesalmonanglers.com Email: [email protected]

End     Billy Downes  Secretary      Laune Salmon and Trout Anglers’ Association

RIVER BANDON

61 salmon landed for the week, on flies and spinners averaging 9 lb. each – no sea trout catches water too high.

Eileen Carroll Murphy reports on salmon fisheries in the Cork Kerry area.

RIVER LEE

31 salmon landed for the week averaging 8 lb. to 9 lb. each.

RIVER ILEN, RIVER COOMHOLA AND OUVANE RIVER

Ilen river –                       17 salmon landed for the week, best a 14 lb. salmon landed last Sunday by John Nyhan, Club Member on a worm.

Coomhola river –              4 peel (grilse) landed for the week.

Ouvane river –                   9 peel (grilse) landed for the week.

Mealagh River –                1 salmon of 9.5 lb. landed by Gearoid Crowley, local angler, spinning a flying C.

EILEEN CARROLL MURPHY

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