Luke O’Connell reported that the Falls at Ballisodare were still fishing very well with 102 salmon caught for the week even with very low water! Thirty-three of the fish were caught on the fly, while 65 were taken on the worm and prawn. This was the first week the fish steadily took the prawn.
Monday June 6th – 11 fish caught for the day all on worm and prawn. Juvenile angler, Luke Colgan, had a fish of 4 lbs. on the prawn, Brian Hanratty had 2 fish on the worm both of about 4 lbs., Tony Smith caught a 4 lbs. grilse on the prawn. Visiting German anglers, Willy Martin and Stephan Michael, had a good day catching 2 grilse each; Willy had 2 on the prawn weighing 4 lbs. and 6 lbs., while Stephan had 2 fish on the worm weighing 3 lbs. and 4 lbs.
Tuesday June 7th – Alfie Mahon had 2 lovely fish weighing 8 lbs. and 9 lbs. on the worm, Jim Kennedy landed 2 fish weighing 4 lbs. and 5 lbs. on the worm, Jim Keenan also had two on the worm weighing 4 lbs. each, Stephen Cassols caught a 3 lbs. grilse on the worm. Eddie Harte released 2 fish on the fly weighing 3 lbs. and 4 lbs. and then caught a nice six pounder all skating a small tube fly. Visitor, Alan McMaster, released two 4 lbs. fish on the fly, the fish took a Lady Etna.
Wednesday June 8th – Leslie Cooper caught a lovely seven pounder on the worm. Dermot Glennon released 2 on the prawn about 5 lbs. each, Vincent Henry released 2 on the fly of about 3 lbs. and 4 lbs., while John Connolly also released 2 fish on the fly weighing 4 lbs. and 5 lbs.
Thursday June 9th – A good day was had on Thursday with 22 fish caught, 12 of which were released. Eamon Ruddy had two nice fish on the worm weighing 5 lbs. and 7 lbs., John Connolly had a fine 7 lbs. salmon on a Cascade, while Frank Adams landed a lovely eight pounder on the worm. The other fish averaged 4lbs. and were caught on fly and prawn.
Friday June 10th – Friday was another good day at the Falls with 25 fish caught, 12 of which were released. The fish averaged 4 lbs., mainly caught on the fly, with a couple on the prawn and worm. JB Chenaux had a nice 6 lbs. fish on the prawn after releasing 2 and missing several more. John Connolly and James McGuire both released nice fish of approx. 6lbs.
Saturday June 11th – 13 fish were caught on Saturday, three of which were caught on the worm, the rest were on fly and prawn with 6 fish being released. Best fish of the day went to David Lee, a lovely fish of approx. 8 lbs. taken on the fly. The rest of the fish averaged 4 lbs.
Sunday June 12th – 19 fish were caught on Sunday mainly on fly and worm with 4 taken on the prawn. Most fish were around the 5 lbs. mark but John Moriarty had a lovely fish of approx. 10 lbs. on the worm.
In the low water and higher temperatures a small plastic tube skated across the water or fished just slightly sub-surface on a floating line with a long leader has been working along with small Cascades, Stoat Tails and darker/more traditional patterns.
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