The weather has changed dramatically since my last update. We had our first real West of Ireland Atlantic depression in months last Thursday. We had gales and 90.8mms (3.57 inches) of rain in a thirty six hour period. The river rose to 90 by Thursday evening and all lakes filled up.

Salmon fishing also picked up, but they were still not giving themselves up by any means. On Monday afternoon Liam Dennehy landed a fish of 4lbs from the Bridge pool on a conehead Cascade.

On Tuesday Ben Beardsworth landed his first ever salmon. The fish was taken off Finlough on a Collie Dog and weighed in at 6lbs2ozs. Wednesday we landed nothing but there were plenty seen and numerous handshakes. Tom Morrison managed to brave the elements on Thursday and landed a relatively fresh fish of 4lbs7ozs from the Grilse pool on a Yellow Dog.

On Friday Ben Beardsworth had his second of the week, this time from the Grilse pool on a Cascade and weighing in at 4lbs8ozs. David Dunne also managed to land his first salmon of the year. The fish was taken from the stream in Finlough on a Flame Thrower and weighed in at 3lbs11ozs.

Yesterday we landed two. Enrico Fantasia finally managed to land his first ever Delphi salmon. The fish was taken in Weedy Bay on Doolough on a size 10 Black Pennell and weighed in at 11lbs3ozs. Steve Whittaker also had a fish, his first ever salmon, taken on the Turn pool on a Sunrae Shadow and weighing in at 8lbs7ozs.

Sea trout fishing was slow at the beginning of the week, with even the great Tom Morrison only managing a few. Yesterday, however it improved dramatically with one boat on Doolugh landing 30 and one on Glencullin landing 14. These fish were nearly all three quarters of a pound with the exception of one of approx. 2.8lbs on Glencullin. That brought total sea trout landed for the week to 62.

Hopefully the salmon will start to get a bit more aggressive now as they often do in September and we should start to land a few more. The Daddies are starting to appear so I would expect the sea trout fishing to continue to improve. There is availability this week so if you have the urge don’t hesitate to contact us. D.McEvoy