SALMON ANGLING IN IRELAND. 17 



CHAPTER IV. 



Sporting Expenses What they aro, and what they might be A Dry Sketch 

 of the Lakes and Rivers of the District Trolling for Salmon, or much ado 

 about nothing Cross-linos Departure The Launo Killorglin to Carra. 



FisiiiNO, like other field sports, has its expenses, but to state these 

 with any exactness is impossible, for one man will do as much with 

 50/. as another will with 100/. Every angler is intimate with one 

 or other of the gentlemen selected as an illustration. 



The Hon. Charles Fever hurries to a good station, buys a stock of 

 flies sufficient to fill a portmanteau, and not succeeding at once, 

 abuses the water and starts for another. Here he fails likewise, and 

 again sets out in search of an Elysium where salmon can be taken 

 without skill or perseverance. At length, purse or patience failing, 

 he resigns the quest, votes salmon-angling a myth, and the whole 

 thing a humbug. On the following day Mr. Steady arrives, gets into 

 snug private quarters, makes himself at home, lands his hundred 

 fish, returns triumphant, and declares the cost a mere bagatelle. 



The professional attendant may be set down from 15.9. to 205. per 

 week, and if a boat be required, from 20.9. to 30.9. ; inn-bills about 

 105. per day, and wine, ticket, and travelling charges ad lib. But 

 should the angler arrange his plans judiciously, and make a happy 

 selection of the district he intends to fish, his expenses would be 

 very moderate, and for three pounds a week he might travel like a 

 bagman I mean, commercial ambassador sport like a Nimrod, and 

 live like a gentleman. As the waters round Killaniey extend for 

 many miles in lake and river, a few words respecting them may be 

 useful. Into the lower and largest lake the Flesk debouches; at its 

 north-west extremity the Laune carries off the surplus waters of the 

 surrounding district, passing into the head of Dingle Bay at Kil- 

 lorglin. From this point the angling extends to the head of the 



