Osgur Grieve reports on the River Erriff is fishing…
17th – 24th May
Low water conditions from Thursday 17th – Saturday 19th proved difficult for the anglers that fished, that said some good spring salmon were seen on beats 8 and 9. Sunday 20th saw a slow rise in water levels raising the river 10 inches by the end of the day but the salmon still did not oblige.
Monday 21st produced a good clean flood raising the river to 1.38m. and angling picked up. Peter Hunt had a fine fresh 9.4lbs. ranched salmon from the middle garden pool on a Cascade variant.
On Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th Ken Whelan and Jason O’Riordain held their salmon angling course on the Erriff, it was a great success and the proof of the pudding was when course participant Tomas Messner put his new skills into practice on Monday and caught his first ever salmon of 8lbs. This ranched salmon was caught using a Red Ally’s shrimp.
At the moment the river is low reading 0.68m on the gauge but fishing should pick up again with the next flood. If you wish to book fishing please call the fishery office number (095) 42382 or email [email protected]
Well done to all our anglers!
Go Fishing
The Erriff is a spate river draining beautiful mountain scenery and entering the sea at Killary Harbour, near Leenane. The river is split into 9 beats, and is flyfishing only for the most part. The river provides quality fishing for salmon and sea trout in spectacular surroundings. There is also lake fishing available on Tawnyard Lough, on one of the tributaries, providing sea trout fishing from July to September.
If you wish to book fishing please call the fishery office on (095) 42382 or email us at [email protected]
