Lindsey Clarke reports from the Owenea Fishery – Monday 18th to Sunday 24th July 2016.
The Owenea ran out low levels from Monday to Thursday but on Friday we received a big flood of 0.48m. This ran off very quickly however and by Saturday the gauge had dropped to 0.18m and was back to low levels by Sunday with the gauge only reading 0.14m. The gauge average for the week read 0.18m. The river was not particularly busy with 26 visiting rods in attendance for the week with 18 of these fishing in lower water conditions. There were some 20 salmon caught for the week with the majority of these caught during the good flood on Friday. Given here are some of the catches taken from the Fishery Catch Register.
On Monday, Eddie Manthorpe recorded a 4lb grilse caught on a fly from beat 8. On Wednesday, Tommy Corr recorded a 5lb grilse caught on a spinner from beat 9. On Friday, Paul Brennan logged a 4lb grilse caught spinning from beat 9. Tommy Corr registered a 4lb grilse caught spinning on beat 9. Mickey McLoughlin recorded a 6¼lb grilse caught spinning on beat 7. Neil Gallagher reported a 3lb grilse caught spinning on beat 8. John Joe Doherty reported a 5lb grilse caught on a fly from beat 8 and Jim McLean accounted for a 5lb grilse caught spinning on beat 8. On Saturday, Hugh Frazer recorded a 4½lb grilse caught on a fly from beat 3 and James Compston accounted for a 5lb grilse caught on a fly from beat 5. The weather forecast for the coming week gives some rainfall but so far the rainfall seems to be variable. Hopefully there will be enough to raise water levels significantly.
Lindsey Clarke
IFI-Ballyshannon.
email: [email protected]
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