Mourne/Derg reports w/e 4 June 2011
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Mourne The Mourne remained virtually unfishable from Monday to Wednesday as a result of heavy rain all day last Sunday bringing the river into a dirty flood. All three main tributaries contributed, with the Strule and Owenkillew being particularly dirty. By Thursday things were looking up with the high water pools beginning to fish and Friday and Saturday saw the river approaching its best. As I write (Sunday night) it has been raining all day! Thursday to Sunday saw a good number of fresh salmon and the odd grilse being grassed regularly from all the main beats of the Mourne. Hot spots were again the Gravenue in Sion Mills but fish were landed in good numbers upstream as far as the Snaa and Feddens and downstream from the Blackstone, Haggins’s stream and the Doctors. The quality of both salmon and grilse so far has been as good as I have seen. I was lucky enough to land a fresh fish about 8lb from the Feddens today and saw a few more running fish moving upstream.
Derg Despite the heavy rain last Sunday the Derg has been near perfect all week. It’s great to hear of fish being landed from as far upstream as Killeter. It’s still early for the Derg but so much high water fish have been able to move rapidly upstream giving anglers their best chance in years of a fresh spring fish. At Ardstraw I have reports of two fish from Laffertys Flat and Legacar.
Outlook The forecast for the week is another mixed bag but I suppose we should be grateful! Best chance of a fish this week is anywhere, fish are well spread out offering a good chance in any pool that is fishable. Grilse are now beginning to appear and it shouldn’t be too long until we see the first decent run into the river. Tight Lines!
Mark, NM Tackle, Sion Mills