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Munster - River Suir
River Suir
Co. Waterford
 The River Suir rises in the Devil's Bit Mountain, runs South to Cahir and then East to Waterford Harbour. It's an excellent limestone trout river from near it's source to where it meets the tide at Carrick-on-Suir. The main tributaries are the Tar, Neir, Annagh, Clodiagh, Multeen and Aherlow. It holds a heavy stock of fish and has several tributaries which also provide god trout fishing. In some places, the stock is heavy to the detriment to the average size, but in others, especially in the lower reaches, there are good numbers of heavier trout. The general character of the river is a long series of rather shallow gravelly glides with a very rich weed growth.
There are occasional stony runs and some deep pools. It flows through rich farmland and it is well sheltered by waterside trees. The banks are rush-grown in many places. Wading is generally easy and there is plenty of cover but the trees do not interfere too much with angling.
The relative uniformity of the nature of the riverbed type means that the dominant fly hatches are more or less similar over the entire length of the river, with the exception of the Mayfly , which is found mainly between Camus Bridge and Golden, and stoneflies, which are confined to fast shallow sections. The main flies are olives, iron-blues, alders, reed smuts, midges, caenis, hawthorn, pale wateries, sedges and murroughs.
The best of the salmon fishing is said to extend downstream from Ardfinnan towards Carrick-on-Suir. The fishing is controlled mainly by angling clubs and syndicates. The Suir has the distinction of producing Ireland's record rod-caught salmon. It weighed 57lbs and was taken on a fly by Michael Maher in 1874.
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