Low water and a good grilse run ensured good angling over the last 2 weeks in Galway, with 136 salmon recorded, and many more lost as fish were taking short on some days.
Catch of the week goes to young Adam Tuffy from Athenry, Co. Galway. Fishing with his dad, well-known angler and fly tyer Declan, Adam hooked and landed a superb 7.5lbs salmon, his first ever salmon, and one that he and his extremely proud dad will never forget!
Other anglers to strike it lucky were Phil Donoghue, who landed 2 grilse to 7.5lbs on fly, and Pappy Cotter, with 3 fish to 8lbs on shrimp and fly. Louis Brennan had a good day fishing shrimp, with 2 fish to 5.5lbs, while Andrew Beattie fished the fly and had 2 fish to 5.5lbs also. Martin Cassidy landed a nice 6.5lbs fish on shrimp, while Jasper Matthews had a 5.6lbs grilse on fly, and Nadia Pickersgill had a lovely 6.5lbs fish, also on fly.
Local musicians Enda Scahill and David Howley took some time off from a busy schedule with their band We Banjo 3 to fish a morning, and finished with 2 salmon for Enda to 6lbs, bettered by David with 3 fish to 7lbs, including his first ever salmon! Andrew Edgar from Scotland enjoyed his visit, landing 6 fish over a few days to 5.5lbs on shrimp , while annual visitor Laurence Flood from London took 7 fish to 6.5lbs during his stay, also on shrimp.
Des Bluett had 3 fish to 6lbs on fly and shrimp, Terry McDermott had 3 to 4lbs on fly, and John Hetherington landed 3 to 7lbs on fly and shrimp. Dublin angler Colm Adams had a cracking 8.5-pounder, taken on shrimp, while Frank O’Hara landed 3 fish to 6.5lbs on fly, and Danish visitor kicked off his annual visit with 3 fish to 4.5lbs.
The fishery is in fantastic order at the moment with perfect water levels and great numbers of fish showing, so prospects for the next week are excellent.
