Mourne/Derg Report week ending 29 April 2012
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Mourne The last week has seen lovely conditions. Heavy showers last weekend brought a small dirty flood down the river on Monday, 23 April which quickly cleared and by Tuesday the river was near perfect. The main complaint amongst anglers has been the unseasonably bright sunshine and cold nights accompanied by a bitter north wind making hard work for the fly casters. It was a good week with several springers and a couple of grilse landed. A couple more lost including young Shane McAleer who lost a springer in McCartneys Flat and several more fish seen.
Sunday 22 April Gary Wolfe 10lb Gravenue
Monday 23 April A Murphy 8lb Woodhole
Thursday 26 April S Curran 9lb Gravenue, J Winters 8lb Gravenue
Friday 27 April Simon Preston 11lb Gravenue and lost a grilse; J Connors 9lb Gravenue; T Farrell 10lb Gravenue; G Hamilton 4lb (returned) Back of Mill
Saturday 28 April Andrew Loughlin, 12lb Gravenue
Derg Some small hatches Hawthorn and Olives are encouraging a few good brown trout to rise in the afternoons. A local Ardstraw man had a nice trout over 3lb during the week. Sion Mills and above Strabane is still the place to be for a good chance of a spring fish. Given a bit more water a fish or two will probably move upstream towards Victoria Bridge. It looks like high pressure to the north will give us a generally dry week. There’s a slight chance of rain early in the week otherwise bright with clear cold nights.
Note: Lots of smolts migrating downstream lately; please handle with care!
Mark Gough, NM Tackle, Sion Mills Tel: +44 (0)28 8165 9501
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