David McEvoy reports from Delphi where the week ended well with some good fish caught:
Fishing in week ending 14 May was difficult which is not at all surprising given the beautiful weather we have had. The river had dropped below 10 and we had highs of 22.6C. We had a mixture of long standing syndicate members and a relatively young and highly enthusiastic group from Munich, who it must be said kept fishing despite incredibly difficult conditions.
The first few days of the week were extremely thundery and on Sunday we had 8mms of rain in
approximately 20 minutes. This did bring water levels up somewhat but the fish were not cooperating. On Wednesday Hugh Brennan managed to land a nice fish of approx. 7lbs from Big Bay on Doolough.
After that even though there were fish showing the weather got better and better, with some magnificent views all over this area. The clarity of everything was exceptional. There were a few fish lost but credit must go to our anglers this week for the way they stuck at it. It finally paid off on Saturday afternoon for Leo and Jakob on their last session on the river.
First of all Leo had a nice fish of 5lbs 15ozs from the Rock Pool on a size 12 Stoats Tail. He then followed this up with a cracking fish of approx. 14.5lbs from the Whin on the same Stoats Tail. Jakob also managed to land a good fish of 11lbs 3ozs in the Turn Pool on a Flame Thrower variant. All I can say is well done to both of them for sticking at it. Needless to say the fact that they got the fish in such extreme conditions made it all the better for them and they were over the moon to say the least.
Today is absolutely stunning and tomorrow is to be much the same, but it looks like there will be a return to what we would consider more normal West of Ireland weather from Tuesday on, which the anglers that are here this week have been lucky enough to have for the last number of years. It will be interesting to see what happens then with weather and fish!!
David McEvoy
Delphi Fishery
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At Delphi Lodge, with many years of experience with the timing of the best runs of fish, we have in place a price system that offers both great value fishing and lets our anglers know when they have the best chance to catch a fresh run spring salmon or a summer grilse or Delphi sea trout.
Delphi Fishery
Delphi Lodge, Leenane, Co. Galway.
Tel: +353 (0)95-42222 Fax +353-95-42296
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