I fished from below howley's down to ryan's this evening. Despite the favourable height (.6) and clear water I saw no fish until I hit one at the top of Ryans. I was fishing a size 12 shrimp on the point and a bloody butcher on the dropper. I was suprised to see that the fish had taken the butcher rather than the shrimp fly and I managed to land a red fish of about 6lb which I released. I didn't see or hear of any other fish nor did I get any sea trout. The water is perfect for fly now.
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Added by Conor Walsh on September 16, 2009 at 9:59pm —
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I'm coming clean. Last night I threw the worm out and caught a 2.75lb grilse. It was good fun but the fight reminded me why I fly fish for Salmon. I caught the fish 15 minutes after starting. I've spent over 100 hours fly fishing for Salmon on the Moy and hooked four fish. Of these, I landed only one. Despite this, I'm going back to the fly tomorrow and conditions should be perfect - .55 on the gauge this evening.
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Added by Conor Walsh on July 18, 2009 at 1:39am —
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The river is nearly clean now and should be perfect tomorrow. Plenty of grilse seen today with some caught too. Reports of people foul hooking fish in Ballina today there were so many going through. I had no luck this evening in East Mayo but saw two fish.
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Added by Conor Walsh on July 7, 2009 at 11:57pm —
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The Moy went into a good flood yesterday. The Gweesteen is very swollen and water came down from Sligo making the river very dirty. It was at .8 yesterday afternoon. Some anglers told me of fish seen coming through Ballina and I heard that Ballisodare has alot of grilse in. There might be good fishing today (Tues.) if it has come down.
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Added by Conor Walsh on July 7, 2009 at 12:33am —
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I waited for the buzzers this evening. Conditions were favourable and sure enough, the buzzers came out at dusk although not as dense as I've seen before. Not a single fish moved to them. Does anyone have any idea's why this is? Last year an evening like this would have had the lake moving. Is it too early? Too late?
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Added by Conor Walsh on June 1, 2009 at 3:33pm —
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I fished East Mayo tonight from Howley's to Ryan's. Conditions were perfect with cloud, a mild temperature and the river dropping from .75 on the Ballylaghan gauge. I was confident tonight and within a half hour i hooked a fish. The Salmon took a size 8 Bann special and was a stubborn fighter without making any significant runs. I had no net to land the fish and couldn't see anywhere to beach it. I broke the golden rule and tried to tail it with my hand. A harsh lesson was learned when the fish…
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Added by Conor Walsh on June 1, 2009 at 3:31pm —
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I fished on East Mayo for the first time this year tonight. The river is at .7 and is dropping. Conditions are perfect at the moment and there are alot of fish in the river.There were reports that 20 fish were caught on Monday. I had no luck but saw an angler take a 10lb fish on a flying c. Should be perfect tomorrow with the river dropping further.
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Added by Conor Walsh on May 21, 2009 at 11:41pm —
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There were 57 fish taken last week on East Mayo. Included were fine fish of 14.5lb and a whopper of 18lb. Not many were taken on the fly with the water high for most of the week. Nearly half of the catch was taken above Ballylaghan bridge.
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Added by Conor Walsh on May 20, 2009 at 11:59am —
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There were good catches on East Mayo last week totaling 37 fish. 13 of these were taken on the fly. 13 of the fish were caught above Balylaghan with one caught at oldcastle.
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Added by Conor Walsh on May 13, 2009 at 12:36am —
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It would have been remarkable enough to catch a Salmon on a size 12 olive nymph but to do it in the cong canal is one of those experiences I'm glad I have the pictures to prove. At around 21.00 I changed from two weighted nymphs to a single dark olive nymph which I tried swinging around in the current. Gary had just hooked and broke in a very good fish on the same style nymph fishing down and across the flow. As my line swung around it slowly drew tight. I lifted into a fish and I knew by the sh…
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Added by Conor Walsh on May 13, 2009 at 12:09am —
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I fished a competition from greenfields today. The day was mostly warm with little breeze. Buzzer hatching everywhere for most of the day. However, buzzer pupa fishing was frowned upon (though allowed) in this competition. Needless to say we caught nothing while the epoxy fishers cleaned up.
Lots of fish moving with olives and the odd mayfly on top too.
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Added by Conor Walsh on May 11, 2009 at 12:18pm —
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There were 23 fish off East Mayo last week. With water levels quite high, only 5 were taken on fly. Only four of the weeks catch were over 10lb and a small fish of 3lb fell to a worm.
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Added by Conor Walsh on May 6, 2009 at 2:54pm —
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I rode the white horses on Carra tonight for a few hours. There were no other boats to be seen. The SW wind was really strong and made for short drifts. There was no need for a back cast. I hooked a good fish again on a golden olive dabbler which came off after five minutes. I didn't even get to see the fish and initially mistook it for a rock. It fought deep without stripping line and I was putting on alot of pressure to steer it away from weeds and rocks but still it didn't show, even in the s…
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Added by Conor Walsh on May 5, 2009 at 11:19pm —
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We fished from Moor hall tonight. There was a nice wave from a strong westerly but it was still cold. Saw some olives and one mayfly settled in the boat. I fished wets and hooked a good fish on a small golden olive dabbler. i saw the fish come over the wave and was quick on the strike but as the line tightened it looked like the fish was hooked on the gill or head but not in the mouth. The fish leaped high and was a lovely golden colour. It then dived in front of the boat and the hook came undon…
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Added by Conor Walsh on May 4, 2009 at 11:00pm —
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There were 13 fish reported for the week. This included six on fly. Only two of the fish were caught above Ballylahan.
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Added by Conor Walsh on April 30, 2009 at 11:55pm —
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Had some extremely challenging fishing on the canal waters particularly with the wet weather on the Wednesday. I managed to rise some fish but connected with none. All came to a clonanav cdc olive (dark). I still don't know how i failed to even connect with any of them. I'd like to say they came short but I'm not sure they did. There is an outside chance that the fish could have been caught and returned before but maybe it's just characteristic of fish moving to olives. There are some fish surfa…
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Added by Conor Walsh on April 30, 2009 at 11:52pm —
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There were five salmon taken last week. This included the first fish caught above Ballylahan this season.
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Added by Conor Walsh on April 22, 2009 at 1:20pm —
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There were three fish caught on East Mayo this week. These included a springer of 15.25lb. The water has been high (around 1m). Dropping by Sunday evening. All fish caught down stream of Ballylahan.
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Added by Conor Walsh on April 16, 2009 at 10:11pm —
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I fished the small lake this evening for a few hours. A nice westerly breeze quickly dropped to a flat calm. This brought on the duck fly and the fish came to them often in pods but they seemed very small. My 11ft didn't suit the flat calm but i crossed lots of fish with different dries. I had only one response from a small fish which i missed/came short. I'm definitely very rusty at the moment and i had little confidence in the flat calm. It was a nice evening for the lake though and there were…
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Added by Conor Walsh on April 16, 2009 at 10:05pm —
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There was one fish caught on the East Mayo last week. It was caught on Monday by Ian Guegan on fly and weighed 6.5lb.
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Added by Conor Walsh on April 7, 2009 at 12:14am —
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