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Corrib Anglers Donate to Rescue Boat
#ANGLING - Days after the tragic death of an angler on Lough Corrib, as previously reported on Afloat.ie, the Collinamuck Angling Club will donate €5 from every entry in the upcoming open wet fly competition on 22 April to the…
Survey to Assess Value of Irish Angling
#ANGLING - Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has appointed Tourism Development International (TDI) to undertake a Socio-Economic Survey of Recreational Angling in Ireland. The overall objective of the survey, which will run over the course of 2012, is to establish the…
Proposals to Bring Forward Draft Net Season 'Bad for Spring Salmon'
#ANGLING - Plans to bring forward the estuary draft net season "would have a detrimental effect" on spring salmon stocks, writes Derek Evans in The Irish Times today. Evans was responding to proposals before Minister of State for Natural Resources…
Angler Catches Ireland's First 40lb-Plus Carp
#ANGLING - Angling Times reports that an Irish angler has caught the biggest carp ever recorded in the country. Andrew Doyle landed the 40lb 2oz monster known as Big Hole at Maynooth Fishery in Co Kildare recently. The intrepid fisherman…
IADA Hosts 'Biosecurity Awareness' Evenings for Anglers
#ANGLING - The Irish Angling Development Alliance (IADA) is running a series of biosecurity awareness evenings at venues across Ireland over the next two months. The evenings follow from the "success" of the IADA's awareness section at the recent Ireland…
Hooked Live! Returns to CityWest This Weekend
#ANGLING - Hooked Live!, Ireland’s premier angling and fishing show, is returning to the CityWest Hotel and Lakes this weekend 10-11 March for the third year running. Spey caster and innovator Ian Gordon is the latest star to join the…
'Eagle-Eyed' Angler Fishes Wedding Ring from the Lee
#ANGLING - An "eagle-eyed" angler in Co Cork received a free eye test after his remarkable find of a wedding ring in the water last week. Seventy-five-year-old Pat O'Flaherty spotted the €400 gold band - complete with its red box…
New Angling Guide for Lough O'Flynn and Upper Suck
#INLAND WATERWAYS - Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) officially launched the Lough O’Flynn and Upper Suck Angling Guide at the Old Stonehouse Restaurant in Ballinlough recently. The guide opens to Lough O'Flynn, a 300-acre limestone lake situated 2km from Ballinlough and…
NI Anglers Take to Facebook to Save Their Salmon
#ANGLING - Northern Ireland river anglers are taking a novel approach to lobbying Stormont over salmon exploitation by harnessing the power of social networking. According to the News Letter, the NoSalmonNets campaigners "have swapped their fishing rods for laptop computers",…
£60K Prize for Irish World Pairs Angling Event
#ANGLING – Waterways Ireland and Fáilte Ireland have come together to establish a higher profile for the excellent wild fishing that is available in the Lakelands & Inland Waterway Region. They have established the Lakelands & Inland Waterways World Pairs…
World Pairs Championship for Anglers This September
#ANGLING - A prize pool of more than £60,000 (€71,500) will be up for grabs at the Lakeland and Inland Waterways Ireland World Pairs Championship, coming to the border counties this September. Described by the organisers as "a pairs match…
NI Fields First Full Team at Commonwealth Fly Fishing Championships
#ANGLING - Two Newtownabbey anglers are part of a six-man Northern Ireland team competing at the 2012 Commonwealth Fly Fishing Championships, which started yesterday in Tasmania. The Newtonabbey Times reports that Kenny Ferguson and team captain Alan R McDade set out…
The Ireland Angling Show 2012
#ANGLING – The Ireland Angling Show, organised by Donegal based Mara Media covers all aspects of Sea Angling, Game and Coarse fishing with activities and demonstrations to suit both expert and novice anglers alike. A great day out for all the…
Minister to Launch Angling Guides
#ANGLING - Junior Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Mr. Fergus O'Dowd T.D. will be arriving at the The Ireland Angling Show 2012 this Saturday (11th of February at 2pm). At 2.30pm the Minister will…
National Disabled Angling Centre to Stay Open Pending Review
#ANGLING - The National Disabled Angling Facility at Aughrim in Co Wicklow is to remain open following an 11th-hour agreement last month, The Irish Times reports. A deal reached between Fás, Siptu and the centre's staff will retain all 23…
Loughrea Lad Takes Connacht Youth Fly-Tying Title
#ANGLING - Ciaran Reilly was awarded the title of best all-round fly-dresser for 2012 at the Connacht Youth Fly-Tying Championships in Loughrea, Co Galway recently, The Irish Times reports. The 12-year-old from Loughrea is now set to captain the Connacht…