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local Angling Club. In associationwith FAS a manager has beenappointed to run the fishery.As a put and take fishery withstocked trout fishing with regularwetflies will work well. Lure fliessuch as Baby Doll,Viva, Black Ghostand Muddlers are said to beworking well.The Camcor RiverThe Camcor River rises on the western slopes of the Slieve Bloommountains and is the primary tributary of the Little Brosna River whereit joins at the Castle Demesne in Birr town a distance of about 12 miles.A spate river with its interesting character meanders quite a bitimmediately above Birr and then alternates between long flats withoccasional broken rifled areas, glides and pools. With a rolling gravelbed it is an ideal spawning river for salmonid species (salmon andtrout). Resident local trout of up to 1lb+ are present but are generallysmaller at about 8 - 12ozs. The river receives migratory runs of largeLough Derg trout, locally know as 'CRONEEN on route to spawn. Recentscientific investigation has found that the CRONEEN trout are aUNIQUE SPECIES to the Birr area.The Little Brosna and Camcor Fishing Club have local rules for the river.We request that anglers observe these rules in the interest ofconservation and local angling policy. Further details, please contactMr Chris Brummell Membership Sec, Little Brosna and Camcor FishingClub Mobile Number: 086 3858221 or 057 93 22082ShannonbridgeThe village of Shannonbridge is an old and long established anglingcentre located on the banks of the Mid River Shannon in Co Offaly,about half way between Lough Derg to the south and Lough Ree tothe north.First time visitors to Shannonbridge are faced with the question ofwhere to fish, as there is such a choice of angling waters. On thisguide there is a total of 12 angling hotspots described, extendingfrom Clonmacnoise on the River Shannon to the north ofShannonbridge, downstream through Shannonbridge village as faras Shannon harbour near Banagher, a total distance of about 14miles. Specimen Tench are frequently recorded off the Hot Waterstretch. The guide covers the Lower River Suck which flows fromthe west through Ballinasloe to its confluence with the RiverShannon a short distance below Shannonbridge village. But don'tforget there are other neighbouring angling centres of whichShannonbridge serves as a good base, ATHLONE is 15 miles to thenorth and BANAGHER 8 miles downriver to the south, Ballinasloe tothe west covers about 8 miles of mainly slow moving and quitedeep, meandering but often very productive waters on the lowerRiver Suck system.As with much of the Shannon and its tributaries, there are many'hidden' waters inaccessible by road which have barely seen a boat,let alone an angler. This is what makes the area so unique andinteresting as anglers who like to explore such 'hidden' waters do so38