30th August 2009
Please find below details of the T.A.F.I Inter-Provincial Lake Championship for 2009, could you please forward your entry fees (cheques made out to Leinster Angling Council) to Hon. Secretary as soon as possible. To avoid individuals sending cheques, we would ask that you send your entry fee to the relative provincial and the provincial secretary to send the cheque to the Leinster secretary. Closing date for entries is Tuesday 8th September 2009.

Details of Entry:
Venue: Lough Owel, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
Check-In: Angling Centre, Tullaghan Shore, Lough Owel, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
Date: Saturday 12th September 2009
Times: Fishing will be from 10.30am to 5.30pm, all competitors must check in before 9.30am on the morning of the competition. (Team Captains are responsible for their teams on the day)
Size Limit: 13 inches. (Any undersize fish will disqualify the entire bag)
Bag Limit: 4 trout over 13 inches or over measuring from nose to fork, competition is based on heaviest bag. (Note: once the angler kills 4 fish, they must cease fishing). Bag limits in accordance with Lough Owel Angling Club
Type of Trout: Both brown and rainbow trout will be accepted
Bag Returns: All competitors bags must be returned to the weigh-in at the Angling Centre, Tullaghan Shore before 5.50pm. (Late returns will be disqualified)
Lifejackets: It is compulsory for Anglers to wear lifejackets during the competition
Weather: In the event that the competition has to be cancelled due to adverse weather the decision of the Leinster Province and Lough Owel Committee will be final
Prize Ceremony: The meal and prize and ceremony will take place at the Greville Arms Hotel, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath at 7pm sharp after the weigh-in is completed
Entry Fee: Boatman competitor with engine - 70.00 euros, competitor - 90.00 euros
Rules: Standard T.A.F.I Rules will apply, these will be available to each angler on the morning of the competition.



Important note, the 4 fish rule is been clarified at the moment,

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My understanding of it Sfinn is that only 4 trout 13 inches or over may be kept as that is the bag limit as set by the Lough Owel Angling club and that Leinster TAFI are respecting their rules. Any trout under 13 inches are to be released. This was the same ruling in the Leinster TAFI Provincial Final.

I think all Anglers will be happy to catch 4 trout which will be browns as there is very few rainbows if any left in the lake. Once the boats are on the lake after a few drifts the browns may be put down anyway so anyone catching 4 keepers will be doing very well and should be well happy.

Bert

How many anglers fish this match. How many are on each provincial team

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Hi Oakham Orange,

There is a max of 20 anglers from each of the 4 Provinces. There is 19 qualifiers from Leinster, Munster will have the full 20, Connaught will have up to 20, Ulster have about 6 I think, I don't think they have the full compliment of 20 anglers.

So all in all I'd say 60 to 65 anglers.

Bert

Hey Burt (sorry i just sounded like Ernie out of seasamie street)

Cheers for the info. How does that work then. To be a fair match surely ALL teams would have to have the same number of anglers competing.

Good luck to all. Love to get a full set of results posted on here.

OO

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Yeah OO,

Got plent of slagging in school over that OO and to make it worse I used to sit beside an Ernie in school so you can imagine.

Indeed to be a fair match all Provinces should have 20 anglers on their teams but I know that in Leinster only 19 anglers caught trout on the day of the Leinster Qualifiers (that's trout 13 inches or over) so only that 19 can the fish the Inter-Provincials. Munster always get their 20 qualifiers from Lough Leane. I'm not sure about Ulster and where they held their qualification but I think only a handful of anglers qualified.

Ideally you'd have 4 teams of 20 but that very rarely happens if ever. On the Inter-Provincial Rivers final next Saturday there are only 6 qualifiers from Leinster, 16 from Munster, with maybe only a handful from Connaught and I don't know if Ulster have anyone so a handy win for Munster I think.

Bert

Doesnt seem fair on some of the weaker provinces with literally a handful of anglers.

I know the ITFFA Interprovincial ALWAYS has 18 anglers on each team and ALL 72 anglers turn up on the day making it a very fair match.

OO

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sorry bert but their are rainbows left in the lake and quite a few, ive had a couple from the las 2 visits to owel

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handy win you reckon for munster, bu the more sylish and better kitted out anglers come from leinster, cmon bert you know that!!!!!!!plus the leinster lads are easier to understand when chatting to them ,

Hi Hobble,

I didn't realise there were many rainbows left. There was none caught in the Leinster qualifiers anyway only browns. When was the last time it was stocked with rainbows as I thought only browns were being stocked the last few years?

Bert

TAFI are to clarify, all TAFI competitions are catch and release, therefore no need for a bag limit. I will say no more on the matter until it is clarified from top table.

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