Water levels remained were perfect all week, with the weir operating at one gate open since last Thursday. The run of grilse has been very good, and fresh fish are continuing to come in in good numbers on every tide. There were 132 fish landed for the week, almost all grilse and most coming to the fly. Among the happy anglers this week were Davy Hoy, who had 4 grilse to 5lbs on fly, and Limerick man Eddie Corry, who had 3 grilse to 4lbs on fly. Fishery officer Grainne Dunne landed her first Galway salmon, a nice grilse of 5.5lbs taken on shrimp. Patrick Kane landed 2 grilse on fly, and family group Ashley, Lewis and Jasper Mathews from Clifden all had a grilse each on fly, with Lewis landing the best fish of 5lbs. Eoin Jackman took 3 grilse on fly, while Eamon Power landed 5 grilse to 5.5lbs on fly. Paul Whelan landed 5 grilse to 7lbs on fly, and Mick Delaney took 3 grilse to 5lbs, also on fly. Enda Scahill and Peter Gaffey had 2 grilse each on shrimp, and Paul Wymes landed 3 grilse on shrimp and fly. Frank Poland had 3 grilse on shrimp, Aidan Twomey had 3 grilse on fly, and Gus Murphy landed 4 grilse on fly and shrimp. Brothers Dave and Declan O’Reilly had a fish each, with Declan taking the family bragging rights with a beautiful salmon of 15lbs, taken on the fly, the best fish of the week by a long margin.
