Cork Small Boats Festival 18th - 25th of September 2009

Folks,

Just a reminder that this year’s festival will take place from the 18th to 25th of September. The festival presents a great opportunity to meet fellow small boat anglers from both the UK and Ireland, enjoy a soft drink or two , and in the process you will certainly manage to pick up some new tips. Like most festivals it is designed primarily as a competition but equally it can be as easy going and relaxed as you wish it to be as there are prizes for pretty much everything!

This will hopefully be my 5th year fishing it and each year I learn something new.

The festival is great fun and comes highly recommended. For more information please go to the following link

http://www.skuaangling.net/

or feel free to contact Jim Clohessy (main festival organiser) or myself(greenhorn organiser!) .

Hey all,

I participated in this comp last year with Petekd. I have to say it is a cracking comp that is very well run and as Rob mentioned has many many prizes that everyone can aim for. It's not all just about top species count, although that's the primary objective. Because of this, the comp can be as serious as you like. There will be the usual boats all trying for as many species as possible on marks that have been learned over the years. If you like your small boat angling, after a practice trip or 2 you could be looking at 10 - 12+ species for the duration for the comps which will put you close to mid table. It takes a few years of knowledge to break into the top 10 but excellent fishing can be had for all boats. There are also many big fish prizes which hopefully will see your crew called to the prize table, if you stick to a single species or two and try for that bigger fish.

Even with this being a very competive comp the comradarie is excellent with all competitors sharing a soft drink or ten in Rosies bar after each day. There were a couple of days last year where there was a bit of a chop on the slip. It was truely fantastic to see 8 guys there waiting to hold your boat while you got the trailer to the slip and were ready to pull her out of the water. Fantastic Comraderie that really left a lasting impression with me.


If your thinking about it..... go for it. The event itself is cracking and if anything it will give you a great excuse to fish Cork Harbour a few times during the year. The Harbour itself offers some excellent fishing, even in tough weather. My suggestion would be for a couple of new boats to pair up. Share your marks and practice together. This way you can divide and conquer, and hopefully move both boats that little bit closer to the top.

Give it some though guys, you might be surprised just how much you enjoy it. If you have any questions regarding the comp, ask away.

Kev

Just an update on the Festival:

Closing date for Irish entries for this event:

September 11th.
Entry Fee €80 per angler on board.

Registration Forms available from the download page at http://www.skuaangling.net

looking forward to it already,really enjoyed it last year,the craic was mighty,hopefully we will get some good weather,dezzer.........

The 2009 info pack is available:
http://www.skuaangling.net/downloads.htm

The photo show from the presentation is now available from the download page http://www.skuaangling.net/downloads.htm
It should run in Windows media or right click and "save target" to download.

nice one jim few happy anglers there looking forward to next year