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CONNAMARA AND BALLYNAHINCH. 



In this western region there are some 

 beautiful lakes and rivers, once celebrated for 

 the abundance of Salmon and Trout which 

 they contained, but, alas ! the " weirs " and 

 nets have " wed" them all away, to the grief of 

 the tourist angler, who might have enjoyed the 

 " wild sports of the west." So he will yet, for 

 there is a reformation to take place that will 

 restore them to their pristine numbers both in 

 lake and river. They are about to take down 

 the ** weirs," and net the bays, which will not 

 only give the Salmon a free passage up, but 

 augment them a hundred-fold, — then, '* hurrah 

 for Connamara, the land of the west." Derry 

 Clare Lake is a good one for the fly, so is 

 Lough Inna, and above and below the *' weirs." 

 If the generous proprietors of the fishery would 

 consult upon the subject, they would imme- 

 diately put a stop to the obstructions, if not, it 

 it is quite impossible that there can be good 

 fishing up to Lough Inna. Thirty gentlemen 

 might fly fish these waters without the least 



