Lawrence has lived in the picturesque village of Moira County Armagh for the past 40 years and has been fishing and tying flies for the past 35 years.


Lawrence has carried out numerous demonstra- tions and workshop all over the world and last year saw his debut in Yellowstone Montana, his patterns have been featured in several magazines such as Irish Angler, Total fly fisher and has done several articles for organisations in the states, he is currently working with a publication firm in the states on a new fly dressing publication on his wire woven patterns.


Lawrence is a qualified advanced Fly dressing in- structor with A.P.G.A.I. (Ireland). And spends most nights carrying out fly dressing tuition in his new studio H e runs fly dressing courses all through the year to ensure people can learn to tie flies that are re- quired at that time of year, a fantastic idea that


has seen classes to capacity each week. I also met John Fairgieve who makes replica fish sculptures. This I found really interesting as you can return your fish and still have it mounted- confused? Well all he needs is a photo of the fish, the weight, sex and a few details for the label and that’s it. Having seen some of his work to say I was/am impressed is an understatement. (You can see pictures of his work in the following pages). We chatted into the wee hours and it was somewhat pictur looking out the big window at the moon over Galway bay. Sunday morning came all too quick and after a good breakfast and a lot of water I was finally ready to take on the world again. All in all it was a great weekend both for meeting people and meeting readers of the e- zine. A big thank you to Grace Mc Dermott, Hugh Bonner and the rest of the Mara Media team and of course to Steve Munn. The dates for next year have already been set for November 10th & 11th November. See www.irishflyfair.com email an- glingclassics@aol.com for more info.


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