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In Lord Courtown's demesne, beyond Tara 

 Hill, there is good grilse and sea trout fishing, 

 the river runs through the town of Bally- 

 cannew, a few miles above Gorey; Lord 

 Courtown's is not far from Gorey, who will 

 allow any gentleman to angle with the fly in 

 his charming demesne. They say that his 

 lordship can contrive to "fish these ^s}^ into 

 the kettle alive out of the river, part of which 

 runs under the mansion ; I cannot tell how 

 true this may be, the river runs close to the 

 house, in which there are plenty of salmon and 

 trout. 



The flies used here are rather gaudy, sea 

 trout size ; and the list of flies for the season 

 will answer admirably for trout fishing. 



From the above place the angler may con- 

 veniently visit the rivers in the County Wick- 

 low, which are all trout streams, arriving at 

 Arklaw, on the river Ovoca. 



There is a very nice river-'^ running along 

 the southern side of the Wicklow Mountains, 

 passing by a place called "Little Aghrim," from 

 whence to the wooden bridge, three miles from 

 Arklow, there is excellent trout fishing in 

 ♦ The River Derry. 



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