Angler’s final call

THIS year I booked three weeks’ salmon angling in west Cork.

I caught brown trout, sea trout and sea bass. I saw dolphins, otters and foxes, barn owls, pheasant, kingfishers, herons and hawks. I even saw an elephant at the circus in Clonakilty.

The one thing I did not see was a wild salmon. Unless the Government takes effective action to restore and preserve fish stocks, 2005 will be my last angling holiday in west Cork.

Maurice Neill

33 Clifton Road

Bangor

Co Down