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Munster - River Lee
River Lee
Co. Cork
 The River Lee is a sandstone river rises in a mountainous region near Gauganberra in west Cork and flows 56 miles due east and throughout the city of Cork. It and its tributaries, the Sullance and Laney, drain a catchment area of 484 square miles. The Lee and some of the tributaries rise high in the mountains before reaching of alternating moorland and small farms. The valleys are now flooded as a result of the erection for two dams for hydroelectric power stations in 1956. The resulting elongated reservoirs stretch for a distance of approxiamtely 16 miles and have destroyed miles of river fishing from Inniscarra Dam to Macroom and above.
Meeting of the waters, Cork
The erection of dams appears to have interferred greatly with the free passage of fish, particularly salmon, and it is alleged that while some salmon make it through the fish pass very few smolts survive to go back to sea. In order to supplement the smolt run, the Electricity Supply Board built a hatchery at Carrigrohid and is commited to stocking 136,000 smolts annually into the river.
Salmon fishing is now confined to an 8-mile stretch of river, reaching from Inniscarra Dam to the centre of Cork City. The progeny of the generous stocking programme together with the escapement of wild smolts ensures a very substantial run of both Spring Salmon and grilse to the river. Those who have access to this stretch enjoy some of the best salmon fishing in Ireland. It is difficult to get accurate statistics for the various fisheries, but a figure of 800 salmon per season may well be a gross underestimate of the rod-and-line catch in a good season. Of these, 200 or more would be spring fish.
The best fishing is all controlled and the only free fishing is a stretch of dead water immeadiately above Cork Weir. The controlling parties are: Cork Salmon Anglers' Association Ltd; the Lee Salmon Anglers' Club; the Electicity Supply Board; and private interests.
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