The Ballyshannon Fishery DistrictCo, Donegal. BY H. IIK'l'lMl?\G This district embracing the Southern part of Co. Donegal and the Northern part of Co. Leitrim, provides some of the best and most ~aried fishing in the British Isles. It suits all pockets; that of the angler with his car who can afford to stay i.n the best hotels, hire gillies and boats, and pay for good s['~mon fishing, ·md that of the sportsman who of necessity is restricted to the modest hotel or boarding house with a cycle to transport him to his free fishing. The district suits the keen angler who wishes to concentrate on his fishing and also the angler who regards fishing as being incidental to lovely surroundings and a good time with his family or friends on a picnic-. The fisherman may change from Joughs to rivers or from estuaries .to the small lakes. He may fish dry or wet or troll or spin. He may take pollack and mackerel off the shores of Donegal Bay. The most extensive water in the district is Lough Melvin. Some D mi1es long with some 25 miles of attractive ~bore line, it is remarkable for its four different types of trout as well as for its salmon. There are no pike. The only other fish are char. perch and eels. There are free waters and preserved waters and both are equally g"ood. Those who like good pike fishing will find well stocked waters in the district. Ths BundTowes River, the Bunduff River .and various spate rivers ru:ming into <Donegal Bay provide salmon, sea and brown trout fishing. The finest salmon river. the Erne, one of the best in Ireland, has lost its lovely s'llmon pools now covered by a new lake to provide power for the Electricity Supply Board. Provision has been made for the salmon tQ run through and the large numbe of fresh ;.·un >'.almon and the returning smolts using the two new fish paEses gives hope that the trcuhle the E.S.B. have taken to prese:ve the fishing may be rewa:-ded. A multitude of elver at·e using the special elver pa3s at the main power station at Kathleen Falls and at the subsidiar.1· station at Cliffe. The E r n e c <> n t a. i n s big deep bodied trout and it may be that .after a time the new lake will provide good sport with salmon and trout. In anticipation Gf this the E.S.B. intend to guard the interests. of anglers. There arc other good waters in adjacent
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