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 . Xin D SHEEPHAIEN BAY. 6H the direction of Dunfanaghy, we presently reach Sessiagh Lough,which holds very fine trout running up to 6 lbs. or 7 lbs. the season the gross number of trout taken fromSessiagh will average quite a pound weight each. The lake, likeall those in Co. Donegal holding big trout, is, however, erraticand unless the angler catches it in good humour a blank is quiteeasily draw
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 . Xin D SHEEPHAIEN BAY. 6H the direction of Dunfanaghy, we presently reach Sessiagh Lough,which holds very fine trout running up to 6 lbs. or 7 lbs. the season the gross number of trout taken fromSessiagh will average quite a pound weight each. The lake, likeall those in Co. Donegal holding big trout, is, however, erraticand unless the angler catches it in good humour a blank is quiteeasily drawn. Even the biggest of the fish take an artificial flywell at times, and good patterns are March Brown, Hares Ear,Claret and Partridge, Black and Teal, and Rough Olive. Theflies should be dressid rather large. The charge for fishing is. HORN HEAD. one shilling and sixpence per daw A boat and the ser\ ices of aboatman can be had at ordinary charges. The watcher of thewater lives on the banks. Sessiagh fishes best from early Jul}until the end of September. Owing to the formation of thebottom of the lake the best drifts arc; f|uitc easily fished from thebanks, but a boat is useful at times. After leaving vSessiagh Lough, the main road lies along therocky shore of DiXkaxagiiv B\^ : right out in front, across theba\- are Ltttijv Horn Hi:\d and other boUl cliffs associated with 54 IlClLRESOUE it, and just before entering Dunfanaghy the shelving shore ofDunfanaghv strand and the golf links skirting it, are , a nice, quiet, healthy watering place, is well shel-tered by the heights of Horn Head, and enjoys capital facilitiesfor bathing, boating, fishing, shooting, mountaineering, cliff-climbing, and golf. Cyclists, also, will find good roads, howbeitsome of them are hilly. There is excellent brown-
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