Donavin Brinklow experiences that July was one other powerful month of fishing with low water situation and excessive temperatures.
Conor O’Leary kicked off catches for the month on the 2nd when he landed 2 grilse to 4.5lbs the Falls Pool, and John Phelan landed a 7lbs salmon within the Backyard Pool on a black and silver shrimp sample.
Barry Fox landed a 6lbs salmon on the fifth within the Falls Pool on a Inexperienced Butt Cascade.Two days later Niall Lynch landed 4 finnock and a 5lbs salmon within the Center Backyard Pool on Beat 9. Alastair Purdy landed 3 finnock and a 2lbs salmon within the Falls Pool. Thw following day John Godfrey landed a 6lbs salmon, additionally within the Falls Pool.
On the ninth Eoin Cosgrove landed a 5.5lbs salmon within the Falls Pool, the place Charlie Phelan additionally landed a 4lbs grilse. Charlie landed one other 4lbs fish the next day, and John Phelan landed a 5lbs salmon on Beat 9 utilizing a Cascade. John Ryan landed grilse of 4lbs and three.lbs within the Falls Pool on Beat 9.
James O’Neill landed a 6lbs salmon and a small sea trout on the eleventh from the Falls Pool and John Ryan landed a 4lbs salmon and a finnock within the Higher Backyard Pool.
On the twelfth, Niall Lynch landed 3 salmon across the 5lbs mark and Kevin Mitchell landed two 4.5lbs salmon and a 7lbs salmon on Beat 9. Paddy Gargan landed a 5lbs ranched salmon on Beat 9. James McGuire landed a 1lbs sea trout within the Backyard Pool.
Neil Spellacy landed a fantastic 8.5lbs salmon on the fifteenth within the Sea Pool on a Sunray. The subsequent day John Phelan landed a 5lbs salmon and two 1lbs sea trout within the Backyard Pool, and Jake Delaney landed a 3lbs salmon within the Higher Backyard Pool and a 4lbs salmon within the Falls Pool fishing a Stoat’s Tail.
Jake Delaney fished on the seventeenth and landed a 3.5lbs salmon within the Bridge Pool and a 7lbs salmon within the Falls Pool on a mini gold Cascade. John Phelan landed a 3lbs salmon within the Falls Pool and a 4lbs salmon within the Bridge Pool utilizing a Stoat’s Tail. On the 18th Seamus O’Neill landed a 6lbs salmon on Beat 9 utilizing a Silver Stoat. Alastair Purdy landed grilse of 3lbs,5lbs and three.5lbs and a 1lbs sea trout on Beat 9.
Rain on the night of the 18th and additional rain on the nineteenth gave a welcome spate with the river rising to over 1m on the twentieth. James O’Neill was again on the nineteenth and landed a 3.5lbs salmon within the Coronation Pool on Beat 8 utilizing a Cascade. Niall Lynch landed a 4lbs salmon and a 1lbs sea trout on Beat 9 utilizing a Cascade, and Kevin Mitchell landed a 4.5lbs salmon on Beat 9. James then landed a 6.5lbs and a 3.5lbs salmon from the Falls Pool, and Jim Ryan landed a 6lbs and a 3lbs salmon from the Higher Backyard Pool on a Cascade.
The twentieth noticed good fishing once more John Ryan landed a 5lbs salmon and two 0.75lbs sea trout within the Falls Pool 9, Jim Ryan landed 2 grilse to 4lbs from the Falls Pool and a 7lbs salmon within the Higher Backyard Pool on a Cascade. Osgur Grieves landed two 0.75lbs sea trout on Beat 3 Faculty Home on a Cascade. Seamus O’Neill landed 7lbs and 4lbs salmon on Beat 9 utilizing a Cascade. David Flynn landed a 3lbs salmon on Beat 4 Poleen. Peter Coyne landed 3lbs and 5lbs salmon off the Falls Pool on a Cascade.
The twenty first noticed common customer from Austria, Tobias Stern land a 4lbs salmon from the Higher Backyard Pool on a Black and Silver. Michael Wade landed two 3lbs salmon, 1 within the Falls Pool on a Inexperienced Highlander and the opposite within the Sea Pool on a Collie Canine.
Eoin Cosgrove was again on the twenty second and landed a 6lbs salmon on Beat 9 on a Black and Silver. Neil Spellacy landed a 4lbs salmon within the Falls Pool on a Black and Silver and a 4lbs salmon within the Decrease Backyard Pool on a Munro killer, he additionally landed 6 sea trout within the Decrease Backyard Pool round 0.75lbs. Alastair Purdy landed a 6lbs salmon within the Falls Pool on an Alastair and a 5lbs and 3lbs salmon within the sea Pool on Beat 9. Niall Lynch landed 5lbs, 7lbs and 3lbs salmon within the Falls Pool and two 0.5lbs sea trout on a Sunray.
On the twenty third Alastair Purdy landed a 3lbs salmon within the Sea Pool ,and Eoin Warner additionally landed a 4lbs salmon within the Sea Pool. John Phelan landed a 4lbs salmon and two 0.5lbs sea trout, additionally within the Sea Pool.
The twenty fourth noticed Ian Carter land an 8lbs salmon on Beat 9, fishing the Falls Pool with a Francis. Peter Murphy landed 5lbs and 6lbs salmon on Beat 9 utilizing a Posh Tosh. The subsequent day Peter Coyne landed 6.5lbs and 4.5lbs salmon on Beat 9 on a Stoat’s Tail. James O’Neill landed a 0.75lbs sea trout within the Falls Pool on a Silver Dabbler.
Conor O’Leary landed a 6lbs salmon on Beat 9 on the twenty sixth, and Solomon Skinner landed a 4lbs salmon on Beat 9 utilizing a Silver Stoat.
A spate on the twenty seventh noticed some extra fish caught – Peter Coyne landed a 4.5lbs salmon on Beat 9 utilizing a Stoats Tail. William Maire landed 4.5lbs and 6 lbs salmon on Beat 5 (Bridge Pool) on a Vanbech and a polar bear fly. Jon Ridout landed his first ever salmon weighing 9lbs on Beat 9 utilizing a Stoat’s Tail.
The subsequent dayJake Delany landed a 7lbs salmon on Beat 9 utilizing a Posh Tosh. On the thirtieth Michael Wade landed 6lbs and 4.4lbs grilse within the Falls Pool, and a 2lbs grilse within the Bridge Pool on Beat 9. Conor O’Leary landed a 3lbs salmon on Beat 9 utilizing a black tube. David Noseworthy landed a 5.5lbs salmon on Beat 9 utilizing a Stoat’s Tail. July completed with 3 fish on the thirtieth – James O’Neill landed 5.5lbs and 7lbs salmon on a Cascade and John Phelan landed a 4lbs salmon on Beat 9.
Regardless of the prevailing low water, July nonetheless noticed 86 salmon landed, in addition to 25 sea trout.
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The Erriff System is comprised of the Erriff River and the 2 small loughs of Tawnyard and Derrintin. The River Erriff is without doubt one of the premier salmon fishing rivers in Eire. A spate river, it’s characterised by vigorous streams and deep fish-holding swimming pools. It has 8 miles of prime angling water, divided into 9 beats. Beats are un-crowded with solely two rods on most and a most of three generally. Angling is rotated every day.
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