River Moy
The River Moy has produced some great fishing for anglers of late, and last week was the best week of the season so far, with 70 salmon reported caught throughout the system.
Angling on the lower and middle Moy was slow during the week with the majority of fish caught upstream of Foxford.
On the Ridge Pool John Wilson from Co. Fermanagh caught the first salmon of the season, a 5.5 lb. sea-liced fish on the spinner. On Ballina Salmon Anglers water Paddy Dempsey had a 5 lb. fish on bubble-and-fly. William Marshall from Northern Ireland landed a fine 12 lb. fish on prawn at Gannons Fishery, with Richard Wallace from the UK taking a 5 lb. fish on the Foxford Fishery.
Upstream of Foxford on the Foxford Salmon Anglers water Joe Casssidy landed a beautiful salmon of 16.25 lb. On the Cloongee Fishery Willem De Vos from the Netherlands had a salmon of 12 lb. on the spinner. On the East Mayo Anglers water both visiting and local anglers enjoyed success. Peter Comny, Ballina,had a fish of 11lbs on worm. Paul McGrath, Swinford, had a fish of 9 lb. on fly, John Noad (UK) landed a fish of 6 lb. on fly, while Steve Thompson (UK) took a fish of 6.5 lb. on fly. Willie Lentz (Germany) landed a 7lbs fish on fly, and Sammy Lewis from Monaghan caught a fine 15 lb. fish on spinner.
Water levels are good and expectations are high for the coming week.
