Retirement and forum shutdown (17 Jan 2022)
Hi,
John Howell who has managed the forum for years is getting on and wishes to retire from the role of managing it.
Over the years, he has managed the forum through good days and bad days and he has always been fair.
He has managed to bring his passion for fish keeping to the forum and keep it going for so long.
I wish to thank John for his hard work in keeping the forum going.
With John wishing to "retire" from the role of managing the forum and the forum receiving very little traffic, I think we must agree that forum has come to a natural conclusion and it's time to put it to rest.
I am proposing that the forum be made read-only from March 2022 onwards and that no new users or content be created. The website is still registered for several more years, so the content will still be accessible but no new topics or replies will be allowed.
If there is interest from the ITFS or other fish keeping clubs, we may redirect traffic to them or to a Facebook group but will not actively manage it.
I'd like to thank everyone over the years who helped with forum, posted a reply, started a new topic, ask a question and helped a newbie in fish keeping. And thank you to the sponsors who helped us along the away. Hopefully it made the hobby stronger.
I'd especially like to thank John Howell and Valerie Rousseau for all of their contributions, without them the forum would have never been has successful.
Thank you
Darragh Sherwin
Fly rod
I am a novice myself and next year will be my second season.I was always using a spinning rod and last summer i picked up a fly rod down in connamara and was hooked.I went to annamoe trout farm in wicklow and got some casting lessons.I have to say that brian in annamoe will get your casting off the ground.It is great to hear that there are angling shows next year and since the season will not start till march 17 i could get a great deal if i wait.Where are the shows on in dublin.
Fly fishing is very enjoyable alright, I used to do a lot of fishing but havent done so much in recent years as I've been doing a Masters & have a young child. (Another child on the way next year means even less fishing too)
There is an Angling show every year in the national show centre in Swords, usually around mid Feb. I believe the other one this year is going to be in Citywest in Tallaght, haven't heard much about it though.
Just thinking about fly fishing - I bought a beautiful fly reel a few years ago. A 'Hardy Angel', really expensive but a gorgeous piece of machinery.
The reel I had been using cost 16 Euro & was seriously bashed so I decided that once it met it's demise I'd start using the hardy.
Just the other day rooting in the attic I came across the hardy reel, still new & perfect in it's box! The 16 Euro reel is still going strong, covered in dirt & bashed beyond belief but working fine
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Is there any chance you could find out what rod your friend bought as i am looking at getting a greys x flite and it would be good to hear what he thinks of his rod.Roll on march 17th so the fishing can start:)
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