Salmon angling on the Moy System improved further with over 500 fish reported for the week. As in the previous, the best of the fishing was confined to the tidal section of the river and the reaches upstream from Foxford town. However, the fisheries located along the middle section of the river also reported some catches.
The Ridge Pool produced a total of 20 salmon including two fly-caught grilse (4.5 & 9.5 lbs.) for Jonathan Smith from Cavan. On the Moy Fishery’s Weir Pool, German flyangler, Christin Breuker, had her first ever Moy salmon, a fine grilse of 5.5 lbs. Anglers on the Cathedral Beat also did well, while Kai Puscher from Germany was successful on the Spring Wells landing a nice 7 pounder on fly.
Swiss visitor, Christian Gerber had a 5 lbs. grilse on the Mount Falcon Fishery, while Nick Roberts, UK, had one on Gannon’s. Nick’s fish weighed 6 lbs. and took a spinner.
The Cloongee Fishery enjoyed a red-letter week! Mark Parsley and Geoff Besher from the UK had a total for 22 salmon (4 released) for the week. However, other anglers also scored on Cloongee including Uwe Steffen from Germany with 7 fish and French pair, Nicolas Escalle and Jean-Eric Gancille, who caught a number of salmon up to 8 lbs. Most fish on Cloongee were taken on bubble & fly.
Further upriver on East Mayo, dropping water levels didn’t impact as much as feared and anglers were no less successful. Flyfishing produced a good number of grilse including 5 lbs. fish for Garrett McMorris, Northern Ireland and Mark Parsley, UK.
The wetter conditions of late should see a continuation of the grilse run and hopefully improve fishing on the middle section of the river.
