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March, April, and May; it passes through a 

 long lough or piece of deep water, out of which 

 the trout issue in the spring into the river; 

 there is no obstruction on its banks from the 

 Wooden Bridge Inn up to Aghrim. There is 

 a bridge crosses the river three miles up from 

 the Wooden Bridge, where the angler may fish 

 up to Aghrim or down to the "Meetings." 

 The Wooden Bridge is called the "Lower 

 Meetings of the Waters," — this is the most 

 beautiful place of any in the neighbourhood of 

 the Vale of Ovoca, as you can see fine vales 

 from the mount behind the Inn ; although 

 from the grounds of Howard Castle, where the 

 little and great Avon meet, the views are sub- 

 lime, — this is Moore's "Sweet Vale of Ovoca, 

 where the bright waters meet." 



From the town of Rath drum to the Meetings 

 there is good fly fishing in the spring ; through 

 the vale there is no angling in the river, in 

 consequence of the copper mine water running 

 into it from the hills on each side, Cronebane, 

 and Balymurtagh. 



There is very little fishing in the river 

 Dargle, as the stream is so small, but the 

 scenery is magnificent, particularly in the 



