"If I had my will, every otter-fisher should be solemnly ducked"
Dublin Core
Title
"If I had my will, every otter-fisher should be solemnly ducked"
Subject
Lough Derg--Henry Newland--Politics--Debate
Description
"'If ever an otter is admissible,' said the Parson,' it is so on such a lake as this. You certainly never get a day's fair fishing here.'…"
Creator
Henry Newland, 1804-1860
Source
Newland, Henry, The Erne, Its Legends and Its Fly-Fishing, p. 226
Publisher
Chapman and Hall, London
Date
1851
Contributor
Digitised by Internet Archive, originally from University of California
Rights
Public domain
Format
xiv, 395 p. plates. 20 cm
Language
English
Type
Fishing memoirs
Identifier
DD_0185
Coverage
54.620679, -7.902967
References
http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t4qj7g05s
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"'If ever an otter is admissible,' said the Parson,' it is so on such a lake as this. You certainly never get a day's fair fishing here.'
'That is what people always say whenever they happen to have a bad day's sport,' replied the Captain ; 'they protest against the otter generally, but think that an exception ought to be made in their own particular case. My opinion is, that it ought to be contraband altogether ; it is merely drawing upon principle. A man gets a good day's fishing with it, if such clumsy work can be called fishing, and this lasts just till the fish are up to it, and no longer ; after which it turns out that he has made the fish shy, spoiled his own sport, and ruined that of his neighbours entirely. If I had my will, every otter-fisher should be solemnly ducked ; and I would begin with the Squire.'
'They do that same, I am told, on some of the Scotch lakes,' said the Parson."
'That is what people always say whenever they happen to have a bad day's sport,' replied the Captain ; 'they protest against the otter generally, but think that an exception ought to be made in their own particular case. My opinion is, that it ought to be contraband altogether ; it is merely drawing upon principle. A man gets a good day's fishing with it, if such clumsy work can be called fishing, and this lasts just till the fish are up to it, and no longer ; after which it turns out that he has made the fish shy, spoiled his own sport, and ruined that of his neighbours entirely. If I had my will, every otter-fisher should be solemnly ducked ; and I would begin with the Squire.'
'They do that same, I am told, on some of the Scotch lakes,' said the Parson."
Original Format
Monograph
Citation
Henry Newland, 1804-1860, “"If I had my will, every otter-fisher should be solemnly ducked",” Digital Derg: A Deep Map, accessed March 29, 2024, https://digitalderg.eu/items/show/203.