Dublin this weekend hope to see you at the show. Pop Over and Say Hi will also be giving free casting lessons ,
see you there Paul , you can buy me a Gin ,
Fantastic Line Up for the 2011 Show!
What to see at Ireland Angling Expo 2011
Casting Pool Displays (Centre Exhibition Floor)
Hywel Morgan
Charles Jardine
Glenda Powell
Paddy McDonnell
Stevie Munn
Joe Stitt.
Family Zone (Exhibition Floor)
Dublin Angling Initiative
Getting started Guidance for Kids
Aquarium (Fresh & Saltwater fish)
Birds of Prey
Entomology
Learn how to start Fly Tying (Bass, Trout, Salmon)
Rig building
Latest Bass fishing techiques (for beginners)
and much more
Theatre & Rig Clinic (Theatre)
Cathal Hughes (Coarse)
Mary Gavan Hughes (Boat Fishing)
Jim Clohessy (Shore Fishing)
Matt Hayes (Coarse)
Mark Barrett (Coarse)
Neil Smith (Coarse)
and many more
SCATRI - Fishing Simulator (Exhibition Floor)
All the way from France, a big hit at the recent "Irish Fly Fair 2010"
Lure Tank Demonstrations (Exhibition Floor)
Mark Barret (Fox Int.)
Neil Smith (Fox Int.)
and many more
Fly Tyers Gallery (Upstairs)
E J Malone Ireland
Stack Scoville USA
Chris Helm USA
Mikko Stenberg FINLAND
Riny Sluiter HOLLAND
Jim Lees (Scotland)
Andre Mieges HOLLAND
Jens Pilgaard DENMARK
Peter Terndrup DENMARK
Jorg Schuft GERMANY
Sacha Putz GERMANY
Peter Joest GERMANY
Alan Hill SCOTLAND
Brian Burnett SCOTLAND
David Edwards ENGLAND
Paul Little ENGLAND
Charles Jardine ENGLAND
David Wolsoncroft Dodds ENGLAND
Wendy Gibson ENGLAND
George Barron WALES
Peter Dunne IRELAND
Ryan Houston NORTHERN IRELAND
Declan Tuffy IRELAND
Joe McDonald NORTHERN IRELAND
Michael & Betty Hayes IRELAND
Dean Armstrong NORTHERN IRELAND
Lawrence Finney
Ari-Heikki-Rentinammi
Timo Kontio
Frankie McPhilips
and more to confirm
Fox international are pleased to announce their attendance at this year’s Angling Ireland show in Dublin on the 12th and 13th February. For the first time Fox are delighted to exclusively exhibit the awesome new lure fishing brand – Fox Rage. Fox predator consultant Mark Barrett, alongside Neil Smith“Total-Carps Northern monkey”,, will be attending the show to demonstrate the real life actions of the many new hard and soft Rage lures in a large demonstration tank. For further details on Rage products please check out their website,
:: Welcome to Fox Rage ::.
Outdoor Casting Pool
Paddy McDonnell
Paddy is a fulltime professional fly fishing guide based on the famous river Moy and the Great Western Loughs.
Every year Paddy is invited to give workshops on fly casting and fly fishing around Ireland and Europe.
Paddy also writes on all aspects of fly casting and fly fishing for the Irish Anglers Digest magazine.
If you have a fly casting or fly fishing problem that you would like to solve Paddy would be delighted to meet you at the show.
"I will do three spey casting demos single hand / double hand spread out over the day, and in between I will do tuition all day at Ireland Angling Expo 2011"
Cathal Hughes
Cathal’s introduction into the world of fishing came at an early age when he started fly fishing with his father on Lough Corrib. However, it was at the age of 14 that he took an interest in match fishing and since then has never looked back. Cathal has enjoyed a lot of success on the Irish match circuit having won the Belturbet, Ballinasloe, Gowna and Stena festivals.
On the international front he has represented Ireland on numerous occasions at both junior and senior levels. His career highlight to date was winning the silver medal at the 2010 World Championships in Spain. He’s sponsored by Hardy Grey’s, Ultima and Dutch platform manufacture Matchcraft.
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Hello Grace and thank you for your mail,as you know we attend a lot of Angling shows throughout Europe and had probably neglected our domestic market,myself and my wife had a stand in Swords,at the Ireland Angling Show this year 2010 to Promote our unique product,Bellavista Hotel Self Drive Angling Holidays. We were firstly very impressed by the overall professionalism of the Show organizers, you did what it said on the tin so to speak. We have taken a number of new bookings and have had numerous requests for further information.Anyone who stopped at our stand were genuine anglers. We will be returning in 2011 to meet our customers and give other anglers the opportunity to avail of a quality angling experience. Anyone who is in to angling or has an Angling product must attend this show. Kevin @Cairy Murphy Bellavista Angling Services Cobh,Co Cork - Bellavista Hotel & Self Catering Suites
Dear Grace,
Many thanks for the email and also for the FOC stand for Countryside Ireland. The show was most enjoyable and had a good attendance. I look forward to next year.
Please also pass my thanks to Hugh,
Kind regards,Philip Lawton, Hon. Sec. Countryside Ireland
Dear Grace,
The show was very busy and there was great interest in our product. We hope the interest turns into bookings.
Best regards Tom
TRINITY ISLAND LODGE
Excellent show. Well attended and well organized.
Inland Fisheries Group
Jim Hayes
Very Good.
South Coast Charter Angling
Martin Colfer
Fantastic show. Make the pool wider and deeper. Better PA system. Loved the evening though!
Irish Angler
David Dinsmore
Run very well.
Loop Head Angling
Gerry Norton
Well laid out. Good content.
Shannon Regional Fisheries
Brian McManus
Very good great improvement.
Central Fisheries Board
Shane OÕReilly
Busier than last year - very well organised! Good luck for future events.
Irish sports and life Magazine Irene Titterington
Hugh Just a short one to say thanks again for inviting us to the show and for looking after us so well. Pass on our thanks to all the team concerned. It was a great success for all of us to have been involved in. We had a lot of interest shown over the week end and hopefully the nationwide programme will reflect that. Everyone profits from a successful event, even the Dentist in Omagh has got a turn out of it to the tune of £1,000. I will be speaking to some trade stands over the next month or 2 as part of co-ordinating the Loughs Agency Fair in April. I am fairly confident that I can send some trade stands your way for next year's show. With the disappointment of the Belfast show this year again there is no reason why Swords can't be the premier event in the Angling calender in Ireland.
Regards Pete Peter Kealey Champion Fly Tyer
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Peter Dunne- From Durrow, County Laois is a 7 times World Champion fly dresser, he has made the easy peasy Klinkhammer his forte. He has written extensively for both Trout and Salmon and Fly-fishing and Fly-Tying magazines and is the resident expert for Irish Angler Magazine. Peter is also promoting the Irish Open in conjunction with Irish Angler Magazine. Peter will be tying mostly river patterns for 2 days.
Declan Tuffy- From Athenry, County Galway has been tying flies for the past 19 years or so. He was fortunate to have grown up beside a salmon river (the Moy in Ballina) and live near another, the Corrib River in Galway. Unlike most tiers, his first efforts were salmon flies. They still remain his passion to this day. He particularly likes dressing old classic salmon flies. He is a previous winner of The Irish Championship
Ryan Houston- Now resident in Lisnaskea, County Fermanagh, Ryan is the typical country vet and every animal he encounters is viewed with fly-tying potential. Ryan has successfully participated in most of the major fly tying competitions and is the current Fly-fishing and Fly-tying masters’ winner. A Mustad Gold medalist 2009. Ryan will be putting lots of materials on big hooks that he also makes.
Joe McDonald- From Omagh, County Tyrone has been tying flies commercially now for well over 55 of his 70 plus years. He is highly regarded in Ireland and was one of the contributors to the highly successful book by Robert Gillespie and Chris Mann "Shrimp and Spey Flies for Salmon". Joe has also demonstrated at the past 2 British Fly Fairs and will be attending the Dutch Fly Fair in May. Joe has also written articles for Fly-fishing and Fly-Tying Magazine . Joe will be promoting his latest patterns including the highly successful “Grilse Fly”.
Peter Kealey- Has been tying flies for at least 20 years or so. A previous winner of the Irish Open and Mustad Gold medalist 2009. Peter has contributed to Flydresser Magazine and also advises on fly tying subjects on Salmon Fishing Forum. Peter will be tying some Templedog style tube flies and Pot Belly Pigs with an Irish twist among other things. He will also have some supplies of fly-tying wax with him as well.
Stevie Munn - Is a qualified Hardy Greys Academy and APGAI fly casting instructor and qualified an Advanced Professional Game Angling Instructor in Fly Tying with APGAI-Ireland, with over 30 years of angling and fly tying experience. He has fished many venues throughout the world but is most at home fishing on one of the large Irish loughs or rivers, for wild Trout, Dollaghan or Salmon.
Stevie has a true love for his sport. He has given fly tying demos at many game fairs over the years throughout the UK and Ireland and he teaches fly tying at his local Belfast college.
David Wolsoncroft- Dodds - has specialised in fly-fishing for pike. He has developed techniques which allow him to catch pike from many types of water throughout the year.
David’s pike-flies are practical and effective. They are solutions to fish-catching problems rather than an end in themselves. They are well constructed and durable – most important when you look at a pike’s impressive set of teeth!
David has caught pike (up to 32lb 4oz) with these flies from England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Holland and the Swedish Baltic. He’ll be happy to offer any help you need to catch pike yourself.
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:: Matt Hayes Biography
I was 28 and Sales & Marketing Director for Pirelli Tyres. One day I just walked into the office and decided that I’d had enough. Shimano had offered me a consultancy contract and this, coupled with some video work and marketing work for companies in the industry enabled me to launch my career in fishing I’ve never looked back.
I won specimen fishing's top prize, the Drennan Cup in ‘98 and then dropped out of serious big fish angling to rediscover pleasure fishing. I still like to catch big fish but for me, what really counts is experiencing fishing in all of its forms. I came to realize that measuring success in pounds and ounces is a road to nowhere and these days I seek out fishing adventures wherever I can find them.
The places I fish, the people I fish with and the mastery of so many different styles of fishing are my driving forces. I just love the big, wild places and the wild, uncaught fish. To me, the magic of fishing is mystery and uncertainty. I’ve been so lucky to fish in some of the greatest places in the world and the best part is that there are so many more blank pages in the fishing diary to fill? I have written a column in Angling Times for almost ten years and starred in every issue of Improve Your Coarse Fishing since issue 3.
Other magazines I have contributed to include:
Trout Fisherman
Trout and Salmon
Blinker (Germany)
Beet (Holland)
Fiske for Alle (Sweden)
Alt omFIske (Norway)
T.V work:
Fish Tales (Sky Sports), Total Fishing (Discovery), Mainstream (Discovery), Wet Nets (Discovery), Buena Vista Fishing Club (Discovery), Great Rod Race (Discovery), Greater Rod Race (Discovery), Lake Escapes (Discovery), Record breaking Fish (Discovery), Total Fishing 2000 (Discovery), Matt Hayes’ Greatest Catches, Wild Fisherman (Yet to be released)
:: Hywell Morgan
Hywel started at local country fairs, then progressed to the CLA Game Fair where for three successive years he won every event. As a result he was asked not to compete any more so that others could have a chance of winning... and all this before he was sixteen years old.
He then turned to the British Casting Association and started to compete at British, European and World casting championships. During this time he amassed the following titles:
¥ World Games Accuracy Casting Champion
¥ European Distance Casting Champion
¥ European Silver Medallist (Accuracy)
¥ 14 British casting records
¥ 6 times All Round British Champion
¥ Over 100 British Individual titles
¥ World Record holder for multiple casting (66 rods cast simultaneously)
Hywel Morgan :: castmaster | home
:: Glenda Powell
Glenda is based about 35 miles from Cork at Blackwater Lodge, and is a member of the Loop No. 1 Pro Team.
In September 2006, she was crowned Emerald World Masters Ladies Salmon Distance champion.
She instructs and offers guided days on the Lodge fishery on the renowned Cork Blackwater salmon river.
Tuition in trout and salmon fishing with both single and double-handed rods for all levels from beginner to the most advanced modern speycasts.
Salmon Fishing on Ireland's Cork Blackwater
:: Charles Jardine
Charles Jardine is one of the most well known faces in the fly's Campaign for Angling.
Charles is another demonstrator who comes from a fishing family but also inherited his father's passion for art, and is a member of the Society of Wildlife Artists.
Charles is an accomplished fly tier and is also a renowned television and radio broadcaster. Charles views angling as an essential way of bringing communities together and he places an active role in a whole host of events to introduce angling to new audiences. His display at the Galway Irish Fly Fair will show why he has enjoyed a lifetime in fly-fishing and what he believes it can offer the next generation as well.
Countryside Alliance - home
:: Mary Gavin Hughes
Clew Bay on the west coast of Ireland is home to its only female skipper, Mary Gavin Hughes. Of the 365 islands in the bay Mary was born and reared on Clynish Island and from a tender young age Mary learned the skills and techniques involved in boat navigation as it was the only means of transport to and from her home.
She began fishing at the age of three under the watchful eye of both her father and grandfather. Through their invaluable experience Marys' expertise of sea faring and weather reading which is imperative to her angling career today.
When Mary was ten she took up sporting events at the neighboring Newport and Westport Sea Angling Clubs. Her numerous medals and trophies at junior level proved to be an inevitable foundation for her future in the sporting field. Mary has not only won Connaught Championships and All Ireland finals; she too managed the Irish Team who represented its native country at national events held in Ireland and indeed Europe.
Mary has been compared to as the modern day Pirate Queen Grace Malley (Grainneuaile) of Clew Bay. Her expert knowledge of the bay, from every small shoal of fish to the tricky reef currents, and best angling practices for catching the required catch establishes Mary as one of the most prestigious skippers in the west of Europe. People have often joked that Mary has the ability to pre-order your dream catch
Mary takes great pride in been a woman of the sea & Europe’s only female Charter Skipper a legendary woman of the sea.
Clew Bay is riddled with hidden reefs, rocks an dotted with 365 islands. It can be said Mary knows it like the back of her hand as she grew up on Clynish Island one of these 365 islands ...Mary would always say the sea always has the upper hand so we got to treat it with respect and safety is a must. Mary has on her C.V featured on many TV programmes such as:
¥ Discovery Channel featured with Paul Young;.
¥ Sky Sports ..European Championship ......
¥ Screaming reels featuring with Nick Fisher;
¥ RTE Calor Housewife of the Year ;
¥ Nationwide ;..
¥ The Big Six On the day she caught 2 common skate which were tagged & released;
¥ Masters Apprentice.
Contact Information
Mary Gavin Hughes
Phone / FAX : +353 (0)98 41562
Mobile : +353 (0)86 8062282
Email :
info@clewbayangling.com
:: Stevie Munn
Stevie Munn has fished many places in the world but grew up fishing on rivers and loughs of Ireland where he now often guides. He is a Hardy Greys Academy indorsed game angling Instructor, and helps run teaching courses on the River Drowse in Ireland and can be contacted for World wide fishing trips. He also writes for many UK and Irish magazines, he is a qualified Advanced Professional Game Angling Instructor in Fly Casting (APGAI) and a Association Professional Game Angling Instructor in Fly Tying (APGAI-Ireland) he can be contacted by email
anglingclassics@aol.com or via the web sites
Home Page of Angling Classics - Worldwide Holidays and Fishing Tackle or
www.hardyfishing.com
:: Jim Clohessy
Jim has been writing a monthly article for Irish Angler magazine since its launch in 2004. The popular Dinghy Angler articles are a collection of stories, advice and comment on small boat angling in Ireland. From wreck fishing thirty miles offshore for big cod and coalfish to stalking bass in a couple of feet of water; it's all covered. While I am happy chasing any species there is something magical about catching a specimen fish. Over thirty years of angling has seen Jim catch lots of quality fish. Our sport is changing all the time. It is my aim to keep up with the changes and bring the best of what is new to Irish anglers from an Irish perspective. Jim spoke at last year's Angling show and proved a hit with all anglers, whatever their discipline!
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