Munster Blackwater

Despite lovely weather today heavy showers over the last few days and prolonged rain last night brought the river up again and adding quite a bit of colour, only giving about 1.5 feet of visibility.

However even at these water levels there are still areas worth a go. We gave the castle flat and the tail of the wood pool on Ballyhooly a good going over this morning and the jole and tail of the island stream on lower Kilmurry this afternoon. While there were a few hungry Trout showing an interest things were quiet on the Salmon front.
Ideally we need levels to drop and settle however the forecast for the next day or two are not likely to help with this.
However there is a marked improvement from late Tuesday onwards which provide for much better conditions for the later part of next week.

Putting  a line out over the tail of the wood pool on Ballyhooly. This can be a great spot for running fish.