There were casting demonstrations on the helipad
outside by Glenda, Hywel Morgan & Charles Jardine
not to mention about 50 fly-tyers from all over Europe
in attendance to demonstrate their skills.
Add to that all the trade stands & you have a recipe
for a great show which received nothing but praise.
The inaugural Irish Fly Fair was held
on November 13/14, 2010 in Galway.
It was a great success in a lovely cosy
intimate atmosphere in the Galway Bay Hotel
& was attended by several thousand
enthusiastic anglers.
Plans are already underway for
next year's show.........................
Glenda is pictured here on our stand at the show with fellow demonstrator Charles Jardine (UK).
Why does it always seem to be that
- once it starts to rain it never stops!
A lot more rain has fallen in the 2 last weeks
& the river is very high.
So much fell 2 nights ago that I had to go out at
11.00pm to rescue Glenda & a friend of hers
after her friend had driven her car into a flood
just 2 miles up the road from the Lodge.
The water was about 2 feet deep & Glenda had to
climb out of the car window to raise the alarm!
I was talking to Fishery Board staff at the
Irish Fly Fair (Nov. 13, 2010) & got the latest
on the runs of fish into the Blackwater.
My last newsletter told of the 7,500 fish that had run
into the river in the 8 days from October 27.
Just before the Fair on the weekend of November 13/14, this figure had jumped to over 15,000....................!
This bodes well for our future stocks of salmon.
The Draft Proposals for the Wild Salmon & Seatrout Tagging Scheme Regulations for the 2011 Season
were issued in late November.
The quota for the Blackwater has been raised to 5,859
from the 2010 quota which was 5,054.
The number of tags for the spring (February 1 to May 11) has not been confirmed yet. Last year, it was one tag for the Blackwater but this was only announced in a Byelaw issued on December 17, 2009 so we are still waiting
to hear if it will be one or three tags.
