Mourne/Derg Report week ending 22 July 2010
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Mourne After heavy rain last Thursday, the Mourne and Derg rose into a decent flood on Friday. Early signs on Thursday night looked promising with 25–30 fish going easily over the Sion weir in 25 minutes. Unfortunately, it was not to continue and only a handful of fish were seen on the weir throughout Friday. For the rest of the week the river has maintained a perfect fishing height with good numbers of fish being seen coming off the tide. Most beats from Strabane upstream have recorded good daily catches mostly on fly or spinning. Wednesday saw heavy rain locally all day with both the Mourne and Derg rising fast before nightfall. I witnessed approx 50 fish in 30 minutes before dark take the weir easily. Thursday saw both rivers in heavy flood.
Derg In good water levels some fish are being landed around Ardstraw and Castlederg. Small runs of grilse have been seen moving through Ardstraw – not as many as we would like but welcome nonetheless.
Note: July is nearly gone and so are the sea trout runs we once enjoyed. All anglers should try and return with care any sea trout caught!
Mark Gough @ NM Tackle, Sion Mills Tel: 028 8165 9501