page_title: River Erne
section_title: Angling
hierarchical_section_title: River Erne / Angling
caption_attribution_description: English: Identifier: picturesquedoneg00shru (find matches) Title: Picturesque Donegal: its mountains, rivers, and lakes. Being the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Company's illustrated guide to the sporting and touring grounds of the north of Ireland Year: 1908 (1900s) Authors: Shrubsole, Edgar S Subjects: Donegal (Ireland&#160;: County) -- Description and travel Publisher: London&#160;: W. Cate, Limited View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: t intosome broad shallow, ending in a magnificent throw forsalmon, or the tail of a strong stream or edge of a glassy glide—the certain home of big brown-trout&#160;; presently it passes underthe quaint bridge at Ballyshannon, tumbles and roars over thefalls, and thereafter eddies and hurries down to the sea. But, prolific angling water as this stretch of the Erne un-doubtedly is, it is no happy hunting ground for the duffer. Sportthere is, galore&#160;; but it has to be worked for, and the job is noeasy one. And this especially applies to the capture of big trout&#160;;there are no silly ones among them, and they have seen someflies in their time&#160;! But when hooked in this strong-flowing riverthey provide most exciting sport. The centres to fish from areBelleek and Ballvshannon. At the former there is a capital hotel(Johnstones) and there is also accommodation at the Royal Hotel,Ballyshannon (Mr. Hendersons). .Applications for rods must bemade to John Swan, River Erne Fishery Ofiice, Ballyshannon. Text Appearing After Image: THE RllER ERNE. 137 The charges are as iollows&#160;:—For salmon (in addition to anordinary 20s. salmon rod license, which must be taken out in theBallyshannon district) £4 per week. The angler is entitled toretain two fish per week free, others captured must be deliveredto the fishery office of the head-keepers house at Cliff, Belleek,but arrangements can be made for their retention on payment ofcurrent price. The permission to fish is non-transferable, and isfor one salmon rod only. The artificial salmon fly only is per- Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
context_page_description: The River Erne in the northwest of the island of Ireland, is the second-longest river in Ulster, flowing through Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, and forming part of their border.
context_section_description: The building of hydroelectric power stations at Cliff (near Belleek) and Ballyshannon (work began in 1945 and the first power station was commissioned in 1950) caused local salmon beats to be flooded. The run of salmon into the Erne has now declined to a level that is of little angling value, except for the few fish that are occasionally caught below Cliff when the power station is generating. Roach first appeared in the river in 1963, and there was an increase in the roach population in 1968. This increase could well have had an adverse effect on trout stocks, which went into decline at that time. Water pollution became a problem in the 1970s and up to 1987. Since 1987 the pollution problem has been controlled, the roach population has also declined and trout stocks have made a return and provide good angling once more, both on the Erne itself and its tributaries.
caption: Picturesque Donegal- its mountains, rivers, and lakes. Being the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Company's illustrated guide to the sporting and touring grounds of the north of Ireland (1908). This Ballyshannon before the river was altered.
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