16 FLY-FISHING. 



SEA FLY-FISHING. 



MOST capital sea fly-fishing can be obtained off 

 the coast of Connemara, viz., in Bertraghboy Bay, at 

 the Skyard Rocks, at Deer Island, and off the Isle 

 of Mweenish and the Isle of Arran.* The whiting 

 pollack that are to be met with there, take a large 

 gaudy fly most boldly. I have with a fly taken some 

 in those parts, as large as nine pounds. I used seven 

 flies at once, and have frequently taken seven fish 

 at the same time. One day I caught 194 with the 

 fly, and the man in the boat with me took sixty-eight 

 with two of my flies. I should have caught a great 

 many more, but the wind blew fresh, and we could 

 not remain long enough among the fish when we met 

 with a shoal, but were obliged to tack backwards and 

 forwards, so as to enable us to be continually passing 

 through them. I once actually hauled in eight fish 

 together, though using only seven flies ; one of th|se 

 fish being caught by the lip and the other by the tail, 



* See Appendix, U, V", W, X, Y. 



