The Moy system produced a whopping 645 salmon for the week bringing the yearly total, so far, to 1631. Heavy rain on Monday resulted in excellent fishing conditions from Wednesday onwards. Good numbers of salmon were caught on all fisheries as plenty fresh fish were moving up the system.
On the Ridge Pool, Northern Ireland anglers, Colin Farrell and Bill Hayes, had 3 salmon on fly, best at 7 lbs. Gavin Simmonds, UK, did well on the Mount Falcon water catching 3 salmon on fly and two on spinner (2 released), while Abdul Azeez from Kuwait had a grilse on prawn on Coolcronan. On Armstrong’s, John Clarke, Galway, landed two grilse on worm and Billy Hutchinson scored with a twelve pounder (also on worm) on Gannon’s. Trevor Bolton, UK, was successful on the Foxford Fishery landing two salmon at 5 lbs. and 8 lbs. on fly.
The Foxford Salmon Anglers’ waters yielded a total of 128 fish for the week with youngster, Bobby Taaffe, catching his first ever salmon. Jean Landauer and Alain Debierre, France, had several fish between 3 lbs. and 9 lbs. for their week on the Cloongee Fishery, while anglers fishing the East Mayo Anglers’ stretch also reported over 100 salmon for the week. Successful anglers on East Mayo included: Jean Pierre Rouillard, France, Frank Kreichau, Germany, and Garry Todd from Northern Ireland, who caught his first ever salmon.
Garry Todd, Northern Ireland, with his first ever salmon caught on East Mayo
