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season, from start to finish. And tlie secret of the splendid 

 scores made both upon the river and hikes of Ballinahinch 

 is to be found in the fact that the salmon and sea-trout have 

 a free run up from the sea. No nets, no traps, no weirs — 

 " no nothing " — to impede their upward passage, except the 

 fly of the angler. As a consequence, there is always a splen- 

 did stock of salmon and sea-trout in the water, and it is 

 not too much to say that the sea-trout fishing to be obtained 

 here can only be beaten in one place within the United 

 Kingdom. "Where that other place is, neither rack nor 

 thumb-screw should wring from me the name ! 



WESTPOET, CO. MAYO. 



A good many visitors to Ballina, and other fishing 

 stations in Co. Mayo, pay a visit to Westport, which is with- 

 in a short railway journey of Loughs Conn and Cullen. 

 There is plenty of free trout fishing to be had at "Westport, 

 wj. ere the river shown in our illustration empties itself into 

 Clew Bay. But Lord Sligo owns the best of the water, and 

 the wandering angler must rely upon the Erriif for salmon 

 and sea trout, for which tickets at reasonable charges are to 

 be had for the asking. 



I fished at Westport after finishing a fortnight's May- 

 fly work, on the "Westmeath lakes, and the relief of wander- 

 ing on a river's bank, after being penned up in a boat, was 

 very delightful. I should not at all object to put in an 

 angling holiday at "Westport, and it is especially worthy 

 the attention of that large class of anglers, whose love of 

 the sport is greater than their pecuniary resources. 



