With a total of just 231 salmon reported fishing on the River Moy slowed down considerably during the past week. Angling effort was well down and the fluctuating water levels didn’t help either.
However, some anglers still enjoyed reasonable fishing. One of the successful anglers was Jim Gannon from Co. Meath who caught his first ever salmon. Jim’s 3.35 lbs. grilse took a fly on the Ridge Pool. Also on the Ridge Pool, flyangler Peter Smith, Northern Ireland, had 2 grilse, while Chris Ryan, UK, was successful on the Cathedral Beat catching a four pounder also on fly.
The Bill Whitwell party from the UK had a total of 12 fish over 5 days on Mt. Falcon, while Mervyn Couzens, also UK, caught two grilse on worm fishing Coolcronan. On Armstrong’s, Danny Clarke, Co. Westmeath, landed three on worm. The Foxford town fisheries produced 40 salmon for the week.
Further upriver on Cloongee, Thiery Coulm, France, caught 5 fish for the week (4 released) using bubble & fly. His fish ranged between 3 and 7 lbs. German regular, Erwin Dewald, had a 4 lbs. grilse on fly on East Mayo, while martin Parker, UK landed a four pounder on worm.
