Mourne/Derg reports, w/e 26 June 2011
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Mourne Over the past fortnight the Mourne has seen two good floods and for the most part has remained fishable for fly with excellent water levels. A flood on Thursday 16th and Friday 24th quickly dropped and cleaned out to leave the river looking its best and giving everyone the chance of a fish. Angling effort has now spread out, with all pools on the river providing some action. With high, clean water, fish have moved over the weir at Sion Mills and upstream into the Derg and Strule. There are daily reports of fish being landed throughout the river with the usual spots doing well, The Blackstone, Back of the Mill, The Gravenue, Paddy’s Stream, The Bigh, Liskey, Mulvin, The Feddons and The Sna all producing excellent quality fish. Over the weekend it was noted that a small pod of grilse moved quickly through the river providing some welcome action for anglers in the high water throws above Victoria Bridge.
Derg The river has been up and down a lot over the last fortnight but has remained clean and fishable for the most part. Several fish have been grassed at Ardstraw and a few more above Castlederg around the Beaches and King Streams. It is very welcome to see springers and summer salmon in the Derg this early in the season albeit in small numbers.
Outlook It remains to be seen if we get a decent run of grilse this year, the traditional Derg June run seems to have disappeared and been replaced by a Strule July run. Over the past few weeks a sprinkling of grilse have been seen but nowhere near enough yet. Four years ago the first good grilse run did not arrive until the 11–13 July when substantial numbers crossed the weir at Sion. Let’s keep our fingers crossed!
Tight Lines!
Mark – NM Tackle, Sion Mills
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