STEADY CATCHES, SOME SMALL SALMON · 28 July 2010
The past eleven days have seen a further 44 salmon taken at Delphi, with moderate or reasonable water levels for most of that time, but a frequently sultry atmosphere that is rarely good for salmon fishing at Delphi.
Many of the fish have been small, with a number not even reaching the two pound mark – a phenomenon that we had not seen since 2007 and which suggests ongoing feeding issues at sea.
There was one fine, sea-liced 11-pounder taken by Joe Hosey from the Turn Pool. But a lot of runts (one as small as 1lb 7oz) also appeared in the river.
Top rod was Christopher Jarman from London, who had eleven fish in six days, the weights of which illustrate the size range of this year’s grilse – 7.5, 6.75, 5.0, 5.0, 4.5, 4.5, 4.0, 3.75, 3.5, 3.0 & 1.75lbs, the biggest fish being a stale springer.
Angus Hay, Tom Catchpole and Julian Scott-Bolton, all from England, had their first ever salmon in the past week.
Sea trout catches were a little disappointing. While there were some nice fish caught in the 3 to 4lb range, mostly from Doolough, the numbers so far have been lower than expected.
— Peter Mantle
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