Angling on the Moy Fishery was similar to last week. Water levels are low and the river downstream of the traps currently holds a large number of fish. A total of 327 salmon were reported from the Moy for the week. Due to the low water levels, the best of the fishing was on Moy Fishery beats where 184 salmon were caught. The Ridge Pool produced 78 salmon for the week. Peter Wilson and his son Andrew from Dublin had 2 salmon and Belgian angler, Roland Capouillez had his bag limit of 3 salmon all on the fly. On the Cathedral Beat, Keith Hudson, England had 3 salmon to the fly. On the Spring Wells, Steve Hazeldine, England had a 4.5 lbs salmon and Fintan Keenan had 3 salmon all to the fly. Gareth McAteer, fishing the Ash Tree pool, had a 4 & 5 lbs fish on the fly. On the Foxford Fishery, Frank & Michalle Shaw, England had 5 salmon for 2 days and Nadine McDonnell Foxford, daughter of top ghillie Vincent, had a 4.5 lbs fish on bubble and fly. On the Foxford Salmon Anglers Rinanney water 52 salmon were reported including Bill Marsdon who had 8 salmon on spinner, 6 of which he released, best fish was 8 lbs.

The Board’s third annual juvenile angling event took place on the Cathedral Beat. 57 youngsters, aged between 8 and 16 years, participated. Gareth Carolan took 1^st place, Patrick Hennigan 2^nd, G. Quinn 3^rd and Adrian Murray 4^th.

A total of 163 sea trout were reported caught on the Moy Estuary. Anglers fishing with Judd Ruane reported some sizeable fish. Peter Hannon, Karl Hannon & Sean Sutton had 28 trout for two days, best fish was 3 lbs. John Fitzpatrick and Alan Jackson also reported some very good bags during the week.

Water levels on the lake were very low and conditions have not been very favourable for angling with few anglers fishing the lakes. Despite the poor conditions, several anglers enjoyed good sport and reported good catches. Graham Williams fishing out of Massbrook had 4, the best weighing in at 4 lbs. Richard Bacon, London also had 4, three of which he returned. Richard was particularly pleased, as these were his first wild brown trout taken from Irish waters. Joe Quinn and John Walsh, Cloghans had two each, the heaviest weighing 2.75 lbs and taken on spent mayfly. Brendan Levins, Dublin, also fishing out of Cloghans, had 3 nice fish for 4.5 lbs. Best flies were Green Peter, Octopus and wet Mayfly. At Lough Cullin, Alain Schlost, France and fishing out of Pontoon Bridge reported 2 nice trout.

 Monster Trout taken on Lough Conn

On 7^th July 2005, a visiting angler, David Hawley, landed a fish of a lifetime on Lough Conn. The magnificent fish, one of the biggest ever taken from Lough Conn, fell to a Golden Olive Bumble. The fish measured 73cm and it is a credit to Mr Hawley that the fish was safely returned to the lake. It is estimated, from the length measurement, that the fish was 9lbs-10lbs in weight.

The Bilberry and Lanngh Angling Club hosted a juvenile competition on Sunday and 24 juvenile anglers participated. Conditions were poor with bright sunshine and north easterly winds. The under 10’s competition was won by Sean Carney who had 3 trout. The over 10’s competition went to Gary Fahey with 4 trout, in second place was Kevin Joyce and Tara O’Malley took third place.

Ten salmon were reported for the week . The best fish weighed in at 6.8 lbs and was taken on the fly by B. Layden.

No fish were reported for the week. However, the lake was stocked during the week with some good rainbows ranging in weight between 3 and 5 lbs.

Conditions were poor, however, anglers who fished green peter in the late evening reported 20 trout for the week. The best catch went to Gerry Martin who had 4 fish for 11.5 lbs, the heaviest weighing 4.5 lbs.

The fishery returned 112 salmon for the week with 105 being taken below the falls at the "Butt" and 7 fish above the falls. All were taken on either shrimp or worm. The best fish of the week went to John Connolly who had a fine 9 lbs fish and Eamon Ruddy also had a nice 8 lbs fish. Both fish were taken on the worm below the falls at the "Butt".