Markus Muller reports from the Inland Fisheries Ireland office in Ballina on fishing on the River Moy.
River Moy
Bright sunshine and low water did not favour angling during the past week. Despite the poor conditions, 271 salmon were reported caught on the River Moy last week. The Moy Fishery had its best week so far this year with 35 salmon landed. On the Ridge Pool, Rene Roche, France and Anthony Waldron, UK had one fish each to the fly. John Smith, Cavan and John Ryan, Tipperary also had one each on the Weir Pool, with Peter Taylor and John Wearing UK enjoying success on the Cathedral Beat. Upstream on Armstrong’s Fishery, Gilles Bodenier, France had two salmon on the worm, while Dermot Drain, Northern Ireland fishing the Foxford Fishery released two fish of approx 4 lbs and 9 lbs, both taken on the fly. German angler, Gunther Barr had a fish of 7 lbs to the worm on the Foxford Salmon Anglers’ Rinanney waters, where 46 salmon were reported caught.
Further upstream at Cloongee, Gerald Groult (France) had two salmon, one of which he released, and father and son team, Patrick and Damien Rousseau, France had a fish each. On East Mayo waters low water levels had the greatest impact with only 12 salmon reported for the week. Apologies to Jack and Stephen Murphy for the typo in last week’s report, which read “had an eleven pounder each on prawn” and should have read “had one salmon each on prawn”.
