another fishing legend lost

It is with great sadness that I inform you all of the death of paul brierley,
any one who knew him will tell you he was an amazing person, always willing to help you out, great angler and generally a great guy to have around, he taught me how to fish as a kid, got me my first multiplier and taught me how to use it,

he will be sadly missed by everyone who knew him
rip paul

I cant believe this and feel physically sick.
Spent 4 great days fishing in Blackpool with Paul in the early nineties.
What a great angler, and such a genuine person.
A true gent.
Rest in peace Paul.
Eamonn Bermingham

shocked to hear of the death of paul. a great character and angler.

RIP Paul, i remember your tips and help when I was a junior at Blackrock SAC, true gent.

Great pigeon man too, RIP Paul

Jesus ... I was waiting for the post to open wondering what name i would see.
Totally stunned, Paul was a great guy and a wonderful angler.
Spent over 2 weeks in the Gambia with Paul Fishing.
Plenty of fond memories from my Blackrock sac days.
RIP Bud.
Dave Roe.

truly shocking news , a great angler and a good friend and a great storyteller (some tall fishy stories).
a former master angler winner too.
r.i.p. paul

was there when he won master angler he travelled from daiwa pairs in kerry to portrush to win i have great memories of paul over the years great guy great angler r i p paul

a true gent in every way, and always with that big smily face

sad news indeed
RIP PAUL

Big big shock to learn that such a nice lad could be taken at such early age really sad. I like most match anglers have fond memories of Paul, he was one of the top lads in the 90s and won the Master Angler up the north when he out foxed everyone using Maddies. I can still see that big proud smile as he lifted the trophy, what a loss to his family and friends RIP.

very sad news, RIP.

very sad news, RIP.

made 8 of us breakfast in his house when
the irish team mist the boat for the isle of man
hell of a sound bloke
RIP

That is shocking news .

I remember Paul mainly from trips to the Hook for comps down there .First off for getting arm deep into the bog to sort out a blockage despite someone doing a malicious floater and the other time when I collected a prize he turned around to me and said 'Is that your surname ? 3years I know you and I never knew that' ..

A gentleman who I am sorry I wont bump into again .

Terrible sad news - a very honest bloke who always made time for me as a Junior angler. I learnt a lot from him over the years. RIP Paul.

This is terribly sad news. Like a lot of people I remember Paul from the match scene back in the 90's. It's a sad day when you hear news like this.
R.I.P Paul
Dave McManus

I spent my life growing up with Paul and he will be missed by all we had a great week fishing in Kerry 2 years a go we will miss you brother.

Only seeing the news re Paul, lovely man , great angler R.I.P.