River Moy
The River Moy saw its best week of the season so far. A flood on the Bank Holiday Monday resulted in rising water levels and provided improved fishing conditions for some time. The best of the fishing was between Ballina and Foxford with the Ballina Salmon Anglers’ water yielding most of the catches. However, water levels had dropped back to summer level by Friday.
On the Ridge Pool, John Rocha, Dublin, had 3 fish, one on worm and two on spinner, while Tipperary angler, Austin Kenny, caught three on spinner. Garreth Ruigrok, Dublin, was successful on the Moy Fishery’s Freshwater Beat where he landed two salmon on worm.
Anglers on the Mt. Falcon water enjoyed the best week of the season with three generations of the Jordan family, UK, catching a total of 22 salmon over 5 days; best fish at 10 lbs. All mid river fisheries fished quite well for the week. On the Foxford Fishery, fly angler, Hank Shugg, US, caught and released two salmon, best at 7 lbs.
Further upriver, Monday’s spate didn’t really improve angling and, as a consequence, only a moderate number of fish were reported from this part of the Moy including 2 salmon on spinner for French angler Francis Verveche on the Cloongee Fishery.
