A further welcome drop in water levels saw another sluice gate closed on Monday this week, and conditions are now perfect for fly anglers, with one gate open. There were 22 salmon landed this week, mostly grilse, with good numbers of fish running on every tide. Jean Le Moal from France had a 6lbs grilse on fly, while German visitors Rene Gehringer, Frank Linke and Klaus Wolfrieberst landed 4 grilse between them, all on shrimp. Dublin angler Michael Rogers took a 5.5lbs grilse on spinner, and Pappy Cotter landed a fish of the same size on shrimp. Northern Ireland angler Terry McDermott took a grilse on fly, while local angler Simon Lenihan had 2 grilse on shrimp, and his namesake Dave Lenihan landed 3 grilse to 6lbs on fly and shrimp. Regular visitor Davy Hoy landed a 6lbs fish on fly, while fellow visitor Jim Adamson landed 2 fish to 6lbs on shrimp, and James McEvoy had 2 fish on fly, including a fine 12lbs salmon.
