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At New Bridge, on the banks of the LifFey, 

 the station before you come to Kildare, on the 

 Cork railroad, close to the celebrated '* Curragh 

 of Kildare," a race course of 3000 acres of 

 verdant plain, there is capital trout fishing in 

 April and May, and pretty fair sport may be 

 had throughout the summer ; the flies to suit 

 the river Liffey are very small, and those little 

 ones in my list for the season will answer well. 



THE EIVER LEE, AT CORK, 



Would be as good a place as any in Ireland 

 *'to go to fish," were it not for the "weirs," and 

 foul play in many ways, which is practised all 

 the way up, on the poor salmon ; there is some 

 little sport to be had in it in the spring, and 

 after heavy rains. The flies to suit it are 

 rather plain and small, blue, grey, brown, 

 claret, and green ; mallard wings, mixed with 

 a little golden pheasant tail and neck feathers ; 

 blue macaw feelers, black head, and mixed tails 

 like the wings. Hook B C C, in high water 

 BB and No. 9. 



