Ian Powell of the Blackwater Lodge reports on the recent events on the Munster Blackwater…
After a 6 week drought, we finally had some quite heavy rain starting on July 23, and the forecast is continuing broken well into the coming week.
Whilst there hasn’t been any significant rise in the river, the water has certainly freshened up. Sea-liced grilse are running through to the upper beats, which promises well for sport for the coming week.
The week before last was a blank, but we have taken 16 grilse for just 34 rod days for the week to July 28th, including the Joint Second Best Day of 2013 on the 28th with seven grilse caught – 6 of which were on fly. Five fish were caught by Peter Berger from Germany over 3 days.
Bizarrely a club beat on the upper river which is situated amongst our upper beats recorded well over 20 caught between Wednesday evening & Thursday mid-day, whilst other beats in the area did not even see fish!
Prospects for the coming week are looking good and we have availability for both fishing & accommodation.
Ian Powell
Blackwater Lodge
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