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Angling at the Fair
Fisherman's Row at the National Country Fair is just a Mecca for the angler.  Nowhere in Ireland can such a quality array of fishing related equipment, services and demonstrations be seen.  Ireland's top anglers will be there once again in 2010 demonstrating casting and fly dressing.

Our angling exhibitors have been selected for the range and quality of their products which cover the whole range of game, coarse and sea angling.  With fishing equipment to suit every pocket our visitors can browse among the local and cross-channel traders who offer everything from a fishing fly to a fishing boat! The lough at Ballinlough Castle is the perfect setting for the angling competitions, demonstrations, casting tuition or for just trying out a fishing rod!  The casting platforms on-site provide perfect access to the lough and it is here that the visitors can enjoy the experts from the Advanced Professional Game Angling Instructors (APGAI) demonstrate the casting techniques used by trout and salmon fishermen.

Irish angling supremo, Peter O'Reilly, will be demonstrating fly casting for trout & salmon in the main arena each day and will be on hand to discuss fishing in Ireland and to sign his latest book.

Rounding off the angling will be the fly dressing Master Class featuring some of Ireland's top fly dressers.  Their practical demonstrations and the competitions they have planned should interest fly dressers of all ages. For the coarse angler there will be plenty of stands with fishing bargains galore and members of the Pike Society on hand to discuss their sport.

Irish Trout Fly Fishing Association Support Ballinlough Fair

Formed in 1931 to organise and run competitions in order to select competitors for Provincial, Inter- Provincial, National and International fly fishing competitions on Loughs and Rivers, the Irish Trout Fly Fishing Association is represented in the four Irish Provinces.  In 1993 the ITFFA entered an Irish Youth Team in the Home International Youth competition and have competed since with a team comprising of fourteen anglers all under the age of eighteen.

 

Members of the current Irish Youth Team and representatives from ITFFA will be at the Irish National Country Fair at Ballinlough Castle where they will demonstrate the fly dressing in the Irish Angling Pavilion which is located at the heart of the two-day game & Country Fair.

The Irish National Country Fair is organised by Country Sports Fairs Ltd.
e-mail: info@nationalcountryfair.ie  Tel. +44 (0) 28 44 832775