Following a very wet month of May, weather conditions for June became more settled, with a mixture of dry and wet days providing both good and bad fishing conditions.

The spring fish were late in arriving and it was well into May before the first of them were caught. The grilse are also late and the run is just getting under way at the time of writing. Jean Pierre Maire (Galway) caught the first grilse of the season on Rusheen Lough, a nice fish of 6lbs on the Badger Shrimp. He struck again on River Beat 3 where he landed a 7lbs grilse and 2 sea trout , this time with a Black Shrimp. Greg Perry (Galway) fished Fermoyle Lough and was rewarded with a 5 lbs grilse on the Silver Stoat.

Tony Kavanagh was next up on Fermoyle and caught a fine 7bs salmon. Richard Freeland (UK) visited Dereen Lough to catch his 5lbs grilse and a 2lbs sea trout. The Monroe Killer was the well-chosen fly for John Hildreth who caught a 6lbs grilse on Dereen quickly followed by a 7lbs grilse on the neighbouring Fermoyle Lough.

More and more fresh fish are moving into the lower part of the system so we look forward to the remainder of the month and onto July for the main run of sea trout.