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has been much better attended to during the last 

 six years. That is owing to the active work done 

 by two or three Scots head bailiffs or inspectors, 

 who keep a vigilant eye on the local bailiffs. This 

 river is not a spring river. A few fish run up in 

 April and May ; but I have never known more than 

 ten caught in a season. The earliest I have known 

 I myself caught at Cregmore on March 29. I have 

 never known a rod take more than two in a day. 

 After an early July flood the river swarms with 

 grilse. I have known three rods in a day take on 

 the fly, respectively, one eighteen fish, one twelve, 

 and one nine. There are not many trout in the 

 river; but most of the few are good fish. I have 

 had some varying from 3 to 6 Ibs. My best, taken 

 on the fly in 1903, was 7 Ibs. : such a handsome fish 

 that I had him set up and have him here. The 

 trout are well shaped, well fed, and beautifully 

 marked." 



The GALWAY FISHERY extends from Lough 

 Corrib to the sea. Mr. W. N. Milne writes : 



"As a several fishery including tidal waters, it 

 commands the entrance to the whole catchment 

 basin of the river. The basin has a catchment area 

 of over 1200 square miles, some 800 of which are 

 permeated by salmon streams ; and of these 135 miles 

 have been estimated as productive breeding ground. 

 The length of the several fishery to the sea is 

 about five miles ; but the chief angling grounds are 

 below the weirs, within about three-quarters of a 

 mile from the sea. From this proximity to the sea, 



