James Quinn reports that fishing has slowed down on the fishery for the last week and this is not due to the lack of fish but to the fish just not taking. This is indicative of the whole system from the weir to Cong. The numbers of fish to be seen in the river and on the pool camera, which is a live feed, is fabulous. Angling conditions with one gate are excellent but the OPW have just opened another gate which is strange with the Lough very low and rivers low as well. Hopefully this will not cause the fish to run upstream out of the weir. We would ask anglers that are booked in to fish to contact the fishery regarding water levels or indeed the OPW.
We had just over 40 fish for the week on the weir with 35 on the fly and the rest on shrimp.
Killian Garvey from Dublin had a nice fish of 6lbs on fly. Ber Gilsenan from Multyfarnham had a nice brace on shrimp, and Brian O’Rourke, Tuam had another brace on fly.
Brian Howard had his quota on fly – all around 4lbs, and Barry Harten from the Midlands had his first ever salmon – and to make it ever sweeter caught on the fly – of 4lbs.
A German party of 3 anglers had 5 fish on the fly from 3lbs to 5.5lbs, while Andy Smith (Clonbur/Dublin) and Michael Rogers, Dublin had a nice fish apiece at 4.5 and 5.5lbs on fly and shrimp.
