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Cavans
meandering rivers, streams and tree-lined lakes provide the visitor with
excellent opportunities for fishing, cruising and swimming. The county
is said to have 365 lakes - one for each day of the year. The Shannon-Erne
Waterway links the two rivers, which spring from the barren Cuilcagh Mountains
in Cavans north-west. The mystical source of the Shannon, known
as the 'Shannon Pot', is just a few miles north of Dowra, on the Cavan
Way. Coarse angling remains one of Cavan's most popular attractions, but
there is also game fishing for brown trout in Lough Sheelin to the south.
The
eastern part of Leitrim, Monaghan and Cavan are equally well endowed with
rivers and loughs and these offer some of the best coarse fishing in Ireland.
This is drumlin country and the big attraction is the wide range of species
available including pike, perch, tench, rudd, bream, roach, hybrids and
eels. The complex Erne System has excellent fishing depths to 20 feet
with the rivers generally possessing a slow to moderate flow. Many of
the rivers and lakes in the area are popular match fishing venues and
during the summer months, hardly a week passes without a major tournament
being staged there.
Game Angling Cavan
River
Erne - Belturbet
The fly fishing stretch is just above the bridge in Belturbet between
Kilconny Bridge and Railway Bridge which holds excellent stocks of rainbows
and some wild brown trout. The stretch is controlled by Belturbet Trout
Angling Association.
Lough Sheelin
The Mecca for lough trout fishing! It is not an easy water but the
rewards are outstanding with large, hard fighting, wild brown trout. This
is the specimen trout water of the area and is a must for the serious
trout angler.
River Annalee - Butlers Bridge
A delightful, idyllic small river which holds a surprising head of
trout - a real pleasure to fish. |