Loughs Agency's North West casting event

[Jonny]

The Ulster Casting Club will be taking part in the Loughs Agency Fishing Festival held at Ballykelly on the 27th & 28th September 2008. This years event is aimed at novice casters with tuition available on saturday and a novices competition held on Sunday, there will be prizes for Adults and Juniors.

More information to follow as we get it.

[AG]

hi my name is i p freely . never cast before where do go to sign up for the long slinging of sea weights

[Jonny]

Well you can freely P away off then ya feckin chancer

[paddyc]

there is always one......

[Jonny]

A quick rundown on two days of good casting and great craic.

We maybe didn't have the numbers that we first expected but still had plenty of novices to keep us on our toes. The great thing about the manageable turnout was that every caster went home with a far bettter understanding of casting and I think we will see many of them at future Ulster Casting club events

Paul Hawthorne came along from Craigavon for instruction and after tuition from the Ulster Casting Club improved by 100 yards and won first prize closely followed by Mark Rainey from Carrickfergus in 2nd. In the juniors, Alan McKeen (10) from Belfast walked away with 1st prize and will have his name engraved in the perpetual cup. As well as picking up the cup, Alan picked up £150 worth of fantastic prizes.

A big thanks to the sponsers which include :-

Belfast Angling Centre Belfast - Argyle Business Centre, North Howard St, Belfast
Causeway Bait and Tackle - 106, Main St, Bushmills
Causeway Bait and Tackle - 78, Main St, Portrush
Dennett Outdoor - 119, Lisnaragh Rd, Dunamanagh, Strabane
Loughs Agency - 22 Victoria Rd Londonderry
McKees Angling Centre Bangor - Unit 12 16 Balloo Avenue Bangor
Trap and Tackle - 6 Seacliff Rd Bangor

A few photos of the weekend -

[weaverboy]

well done to the young lads , sorry to see no locals took the opportunity
to maybe learn a bit more,

[paddyc]

Glad it all went well, fair play to all who attended and great to see some youngsters coming through..
Excelent venue,,nice one..
Are there full results anywhere?

[beachcaster]

well done to all involved looked like a very good day out sorry i missed it.

[kstaff]

Great pics Jonny, glad to se it all went well and fair play to ye for helping all who attened!
Good to see the young lads attending! Don't let them get too good though!

[Jonny]

well done to the young lads , sorry to see no locals took the opportunity
to maybe learn a bit more,

There where a good few that past through but I only managed to grab the camera on a few occasions over the weekend. I went with all the best of intentions of getting loads of pics but when you are presented with a fantastic big field, a load or rods and a bag full of reels to blow up prioritys change.

Yes Paddy its a great venue. Its just a pitty we didn't have loads of fields like that scattered around the country.

Sorry you couldn't make it over John. It was a good weekend and me and the others were looking forward to catching up with you.

I don't know if I turned out to be a help or a hindrance Keith but the main thing was those that attended enjoyed themselves and ended up with a few extra yards as well.


ROLL ON TH FINAL !!!!!!!!!!

[kstaff]

Good stuff Jonny, hows the turnip practise coming on Practice that!!

[MC]

enjoyed the weekend, wasnt much use on the teaching front, but was able to show some rods to new casters and other wishing to upgrade there gear (so i have a rod or two )

[fishermannum1]

great pic's of the event jonny
was sorry to miss the sunday show, but reaily enjoyed the saturday, the tuition i got from beny was great, "i loved that profile of his"
got a wee peep at some of mc's rods, reaily nice gear ahem! ( TART ) ahem!
only jokeing mate but when you opened the back of your jeep i thought you were going to set up a stall
it was a pleasure to meet you's all.....

[MC]

great pic's of the event jonny
was sorry to miss the sunday show, but reaily enjoyed the saturday, the tuition i got from beny was great, "i loved that profile of his"
got a wee peep at some of mc's rods, reaily nice gear ahem! ( TART ) ahem! er i left some at home
only jokeing mate but when you opened the back of your jeep i thought you were going to set up a stall
it was a pleasure to meet you's all.....

[Lee337]

Results from the weekend are here.

http://www.ulstercastingclub.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=715

Lee

[weaverboy]

well done to the winner, 170 yards is a hell of a cast first time out


steve.