The extremely dry and sunny weather impacted heavily on angling conditions during the week. Water levels dropped further and even reached some very critical levels on a number of Moy tributaries. The River Deel in Crossmolina was the worst affected tributary where a section of the river ran completely dry!
Nevertheless, there was still some decent salmon angling on the main river and with angling effort increasing, several fisheries reported good catches despite the difficult conditions.
The Moy Fishery produced a total of 29 fish for the week including some nice ones between 9 lbs. and 11.5 lbs. from the Cathedral Beat. Anglers on the Weir Pool also did well and there were 5 fish caught on the Ridge Pool. Almost all fish came to the fly.
Further upriver on Armstrong’s, Gilles Boudier from France had two grilse on bubble & fly, while Swizz angler, Jörg Gasser caught a grilse on prawn on Gannon’s. The Foxford Salmon Anglers waters produced 47 fish for the week, while some anglers on the Cloongee Fishery also did well. Most effective methods were spinning and bubble & fly. Patrice Boisadam, France, was particularly successful catching 3 fish on spinner, best at 12.5 lbs.!
