School: Newtownmount Kennedy
- Location:
- Newtown Mountkennedy, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Ida Hutchinson
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0927, Page 162
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- Fishing for brown trout is done with single rod and line and artificial flies.
These are tied on small hooks and are made of different coloured feathers, fur and tinsel. Those flies and droppers which are about three inches long and are attached to a gut cast which is about three yards long at intervals of about two feet. The cast is attached to a fine line which is wound on a reel and a certain quantity is let out through rings on the fishing rod. The length varies according to the width of the stream and is cast across or with the stream, according to the direction of the wind, and is drawn towards the fisher. When a trout is hooked his is lifted out of the water except in the case of a heavy fish when a landing net must be used as the gut would not be strong enough to land a big fish.
