Experienced instructors will also be offering instruction throughout the fair. They will be able to offer instruction to complete beginners all the way through to experienced anglers who want to brush up their casting as well as being able to offer mentoring to anyone aspir- ing to become an instructor.
Glenda Powell, no stranger to the Great Game Fairs of Ireland, will also be entering into the spirit of the Victorian theme in appropriate period dress and gracing the main arena with the eye catching casting demonstrations for which she is renowned.
The Year of the ‘Salmon & Trout’
Following the successful Year of the Horse theme in 2010 and ‘Year of the Dog’ in 2011 the Great Game Fairs of Ireland 2012 theme moves towards game fishing with the ‘Year of the Salmon and Trout.' With the recent controversy over netting this theme is likely to prove even more relevant than at first thought. The centre piece of each enhanced Angling Village will be an Angling Pavilion featuring not only the joys and skills associated with Game Angling but also the history and traditions of the sport and the environmental threats to the sport.
Many organisations will be involved in first Ballywalter and then with even more enhanced villages at Shanes and Birr but FISSTA and APGAI Ireland have proven to be of tremen- dous support in taking the concept forward. APGAI Ireland will have a major presence in the angling pavilion at Ballywalter and with FISSTA will be largely responsible for co- ordinating the Angling Villages at Birr and Shanes Castle.
As usual with one of our core themes we like to have certain iconic images and this year the honour of producing the Great Game Fairs of Ireland painting goes to Cullybackey art- ist John Moore and the tying of the Great Game Fairs of Ireland Fly goes to Jimmy Tyrrell. Both will be mounting displays at the great Game Fairs of Ireland.
Salmon on the Glendun River by John Moore I Shoot and Fish E-Zine March 2012 39
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