A quieter week this week, as rain forecast for Saturday resulted in the OPW opening 4 sluice gates on the weir on Friday, and it has remained at that level since. There were 7 salmon recorded for the week, all caught on spinner or shrimp, with conditions made difficult for fly anglers in the high water.
Brian O’Rourke scored twice during the week, recording a 10lbs fish on shrimp, and a cracking 12.5lbs springer on spinner. Brian came back to his car after landing his big fish to see a flat tyre, and as he remarked “The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away!”
John Ryan enjoyed his visit that was interrupted by a nice grilse of 5lbs, taken on shrimp, and Eoin Trill landed 2 fish during the week as well, both grilse of 5lbs and both taken on shrimp.
The weather is a bit more settled this week, and I would anticipate water levels will drop a bit over the next week, which should give fly anglers more of a chance. Fresh fish are showing in the river all the time, with some early grilse among them, so prospects for the coming weeks remain pretty good.
