Monday 25th to Sunday 31st July 2016.
With the wetter weather the Owenea had some lovely water levels over the week. The gauge was over 0.2 on every day except Sunday and Thursday brought a good flood reading 0.50m on the gauge. The gauge average for the week was very good reading 0.27 metres. The fishery was not particularly busy however with 43 visiting rods fishing over the week. There were decent numbers of salmon recorded and given here are some of the catches taken from the Catch Register at the fishery office.
On Monday, Alan Watson recorded a 2½lb grilse caught and released on beat 9 on a fly.
On Tuesday, Billy Blair reported a 7lb salmon caught on a fly from beat 8.
On Wednesday, John Northridge reported 4 grilse caught on the fly. These weighed 1, 3¼, 4 & 6lb and were caught from beats 8, 8, 6 & 7 respectively with the two smaller fish being released again.
On Thursday, Alan Watts registered a 4lb grilse caught on a fly from 3.
On Friday. John Gilfillan recorded a 6lb grilse caught and released on a fly from beat 9. Alan Watts reported two grilse weighing 2½ & 3lb caught on a fly from beat 8 with the smaller of these being released again. Hugh Frazer logged a 3lb grilse caught on a fly from beat 3 and William Foster accounted for a 4½lb grilse caught on a spinner from beat 6.
On Sunday, Denis Bonnet reported a 10lb salmon caught on a fly from beat 8 and Gordon Young accounted for a 4lb grilse caught on a fly from beat 9.
The forecast for the coming week is for fairly wet weather at times and hopefully this will equate to some nice water levels. Prospects look rosy J
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Tel: 074 9551141. (9am to 1pm April to May & 7am to 1pm June to Sept).
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