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On the County Derry side the falls are not 

 so strong, and on these the "cuts" are erected, 

 for no salmon could surmount the centre fall, 

 and these "cuts" are so high from the top of 

 the leap, that the salmon cannot get over them 

 even in floods, except by mere chance. This 

 productive fishery belongs to the London Fish- 

 mongers' Company, on application the stranger 

 M^ill be allowed on the bridge to view the falls, 

 and at the same time he will see the traps 

 crowded with salmon of all sizes, from the small 

 "graul," as they call them there, to the largest 

 size salmon ; sometimes the fish can hardly 

 swim in these "cuts" or "cruives" they are so 

 numerous, what a treat for the eyes of the fly 

 fisher to behold. The angler may fly fish 

 at will, and has his choice either to go up 

 the Bann to Kilrea, or go first to the Bush 

 river, it is only seven miles from Coleraine to 

 Bush Mills, so that as he is now in that town it 

 would be advisable to try his hand at the Bush 

 first, and then proceed to Kilrea, on the Bann, 

 about fourteen miles up that river, by car. 



When the angler arrives at Bush Mills, 

 which he will do in an hour from Coleraine, 

 the inn keeper will make him acquainted with 



