city west fishing expo 2013

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city west fishing expo 2013

#1 Post by bassboy »

hi lads just wonderin if anybody is goin its on the second and third of febuary.hopefully it will be good .i got a nice little spinning rod and reel for35 last year.
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bassboy wrote:hi lads just wonderin if anybody is goin its on the second and third of febuary.hopefully it will be good .i got a nice little spinning rod and reel for35 last year.
YES! ill be there and the one out in swords!
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#3 Post by lugworm »

hi lads is there a website/link for this for more info????
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#4 Post by donal domeney »

Here is the one
http://www.hooked.ie/

This is an other one of these
http://maramedia.ie/homeirelandanglingexpo1
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#5 Post by lowie69 »

THE 1 in swords is rubbish i think city west is way better
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lowie69 wrote:THE 1 in swords is rubbish i think city west is way better
Ye doesnt be the best but i still like going :)
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#7 Post by bigsod »

I went to the city west expo last year, the misses won free tickets, which in hindsight I wish she did'nt as its 40 mins off my life I can never get back :cry: it was terrible. All the tackle on sale was old stock or complete crap, I even did 2 laps with money burning a hole in my pocket and I walked out with it still all there and made for the city west shopping centre where I drowned my sorrows in KFC, that was the highlight of it :P
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#8 Post by JimC »

lowie69 wrote:THE 1 in swords is rubbish i think city west is way better
I went to the city west one a couple of years back. I thought it was very poor.
I would be biased though :D

I noticed last year in Swords that anglers were taking a different view of the show compared to other years. It was less wham-bam spend the Celtic Tiger cash and head back out to the BMW. I thought guys were taking more time around the show...seeing a few talks etc. - more chilled out if you like.

I know the show was sometimes criticized for having a fresh water bias but I think there is a great line up of Sea Angling Guest Speakers....Henry Gilbey, Mike Thrussel, Mary Gavin Hughes and more than likely others too (and moi :) ) . There's a raft of fresh water guys there too!

The specimen awards are also on in Bewleys ( a shuttle bus down the road) on the Saturday. Methinks the craic could be good !

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