Picturesque Donegal: its mountains, rivers, and lakesBeing the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Company's illustrated guide to the sporting and touring grounds of the north of Ireland . rations at Ivy Bridge, towhich point he can proceed by car. Just below the bridge asmall stream joins the main river : this flows from Lough Nillan,which ranks with the best brown-trout waters hereabouts, thefish in it running to 2 lbs. and averaging i lb. It is a roughwalk across bog-land to this lough, but the angler is well repaidfor his trouble as a rule. From Ivy Bridge to Ardara there is 4v -^- -^^^^^^ f^
Picturesque Donegal: its mountains, rivers, and lakesBeing the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Company's illustrated guide to the sporting and touring grounds of the north of Ireland . rations at Ivy Bridge, towhich point he can proceed by car. Just below the bridge asmall stream joins the main river : this flows from Lough Nillan,which ranks with the best brown-trout waters hereabouts, thefish in it running to 2 lbs. and averaging i lb. It is a roughwalk across bog-land to this lough, but the angler is well repaidfor his trouble as a rule. From Ivy Bridge to Ardara there is 4v -^- -^^^^^^ f^5K^^ WATHRFALL. LOUGHROS BAY. 107 about six miles of good fishing water, and about half-way theOwentocker receives a small tributary coming from LoughOwENEA,—another good brown-trout water. It is worthy of notethat the dry-fly kills well on many of the pools, and good fish, asa rule, fall to this lure. Flies same as for the Owenea, but ofsomewhat smaller size : fish very fine. In the early part of the season enjoyable days, profitable tothe basket, can be spent on several small brown-trout streams inthe district, and these include the Glexgesh, the Aighe, the. LOUGHROS BEG B.\Y. Brackev, the Duvoge, the and the on these streams,—granted a push of water,—hold sea-troutalso. During July and August good baskets of sea-trout aresometimes got in the estuaries of the several rivers hereabouts,and in parts of the bays, a killing fly being the Alexandra : withthis addition the sea-trout flies are the same as those recom-mended for brown-trout in referring to the Owenea ; other usefulpatterns for salmo trutta being Blue Spider, Claret and Olive,Claret and Woodcock, and Orange and Blea with blue hackle. 108 PICTURESOIE DONEGAL. With the exception of the Owenca the whole of the sea-troutfishing is free. In addition to the loughs already mentioned there are severalothers, the fishing on which is of more than average among the
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