With little to no rain, fishing has been difficult with a few salmon landed and lost at the net.

9 August

Alastair Purdy landed a 6lbs and a 5lbs salmon in the Guage pool on a black Francis and Eugene McCarthy landed a 5lbs salmon in the Garden pool on beat 9.

10 August

Kevin Mitchell landed a 4 ½ lbs salmon on beat 9 using a Monroe and Lairgnen McDermot landed a 7lbs salmon in the garden pool on beat 9. William Maire landed a 4lbs salmon in the Guage pool on beat 9.

11 August

Andrew Wilson landed a 7lbs salmon in the yellow banks on beat 5 on a black shrimp pattern and Luke Drea landed a 6lbs salmon on a green butt cascade in the falls pool on beat 9. Colin Lynam landed 2 sea trout around the 1lbs mark in the school house pool on beat 3.

12 August

Niall Lynch landed a 6lbs salmon in the Upper Garden pool on beat 9.

13 August

Conor O’Leary landed a ½ lbs sea trout in the garden pool and Jake Delaney landed a 4lbs salmon in the falls pool on beat 9.

15 August

Erriff river closed due to high water temperatures.

25 August

Erriff river reopened for fishing.

Conor Graham landed a 3 ½ lbs salmon in the falls pool on a willie gun on beat 9.

26 August

Conor Graham landed a 8lbs salmon in the Falls pool on a stoat’s tail on beat 9.

27 August

Henry Cosgrove landed a ¾ lbs sea trout and Eoin Cosgrove landed a ½ lbs sea trout and a 4lbs salmon on beat 9. Archie Macauley also landed a 4lbs salmon on beat 9.

29 August

Brian White landed a 5lbs salmon in the Humps and hollows on beat 6. Jack Mannion landed a ½ lbs sea trout and John Ryan landed a 1lbs sea trout on beat 9. Richard Harvey landed a sea trout and a 8lbs salmon in the Yellow banks pool on beat 5. Ian Ferris landed a 7lbs salmon in Black banks on beat 6. Mark Helmore landed a 5 lbs salmon on beat 5.

30 August

Ian Ferris landed 5 sea trout around the ½ lbs – 1lbs mark on beat 6 .

31 August

Ian Ferris landed a 6 ½ lbs, 3 ½ lbs and a 5lbs salmon in the Coronation pool on beat 8.

Ian Ferris, Coronation pool, River Erriff
Ian Ferris, Coronation Pool

Go fishing,,,

River Erriff