Ian Powell of Blackwater Lodge and Salmon Fishery in Ireland wrote to say:

“Only 2 rods out on the river yesterday. Tony O’Keeffe from Mallow was fishing at Kilmurry with his father Dan and caught this 6.6lb. fish on Flying C on the Island Stream on Lower Kilmurry.

Sea-lice can be seen in the picture – two on the top of the tail and one below the adipose. There were more on the back & the head of the fish. They also caught a few kelts.

The upper river had a slight (5cm) rise yesterday. Occasional light rain in the upper catchment had been responsible, and this has meant that the lower river has held it’s level at 0.85m. The level is currently too high for good flyfishing, needing to be below about 0.6m to be able to wade and fish comfortably.

The weather forecast now looks as if we can expect a dry spell of at least a week. This should ensure that the level will come down to fly order. When it will be very interesting to see how the upper beats from Ballyhooly to Mallow will fish.”

More info at www.ireland-salmon-fishing.net.

Noel Gyger

July 11 to July 18, 2010

Dear Fishing Friends:

SUMMARY: Weather has been good with average temperatures and the odd rain …

The small flood on Tuesday put the river out of order for a couple of days as it became very coloured. By Friday it was improving and 3 fish were lost on the Lodge beats.

Yesterday (Saturday), four fish were caught – 3 on spinner & one on fly. The best (~12lb) was caught & released by Ray Burns on Upper Kilmurry on spinner.

Today, there were 3 grilse taken on the fly.

Clarity is now a good 3 feet. Seven fish in total for 14 rod days in the last two days. There has been a significant increase in the number of fish moving through the lower beats since the flood. I’m also hearing about some grilse & salmon being caught up in the Mallow area.

For the latest info: Fishing report page.

The river is falling slowly but steadily. The clarity has improved dramatically & is now about 5 feet on the lower river. It’s still a bit too high to fish the fly comfortably.

The 5th. springer of the season on the Lodge beats was caught on spinner on Beat 5 – Inchinleama last Sunday (April 4th.) before the last flood hit the river. One kelt was caught today – surprising that there are still some present in the river this late in the season.

Source: Blackwater Lodge Fishing Report page

Lodge regular Gavin Wishart from Newcastle, Co. Down came down to celebrate his 40th. birthday this weekend & scooped the First Salmon of the 2010 season to be caught on the Lodge Fishery.

He was fishing yesterday (March 6th) with Connie Corcoran on Ballinlovane and took the fish on Flying C at Cloonbeg. The fish would have been released, but was bleeding from the gills so had to be kept. The cast before he lost what they both believe was another springer, so there were definitely a few about. It was hardly surprising that it took us until now to catch a fish as there were only 64 rod days for the whole month of February. There would certainly be more springers caught if there were more rods out on the river each day.

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