@Clonanav Fly Fishing
Munster Fly Fair 2021
FREE Fly Fishing and Fly Tying event on the 20 & 21 November 2021. Demonstrations and fly tying from bot local and international demonstrators. This is an event not to be missed!
Local & International
Guest Fly Tyers
Below is a list of some of the fly tyers that will be tying at the Munster Fly Fair. The list is being added to regular so check back for more details!
Paul Procter
Best known for his prolific writing in the UK’s leading publications, Trout & Salmon and Trout Fisherman, Paul is a qualified AAPGAI instructor at Masters level and is regarded by many to be in the forefront of UK fly fishers and fly tyers. Based in Cumbria, with some 30 years fly fishing experience, Paul provides first class guiding, tying, fly casting & fly fishing tuition to all levels and abilities. Whilst offering a comprehensive knowledge of his home waters, he is equally experienced on rivers, stillwaters and saltwater throughout the UK and abroad.
Darryl Mooney
Darryl is the UK and Ireland Sales Director for Fishing Matters whose brands include Partridge of Redditch, Sprite, Cox & Rawle, Geoff Anderson and Marryat Rods. He lives in Northern Ireland where he grew up fishing for wild brownies on his local Rivers Lagan and Bann and this remains his passion to this day. Darryl specializes in all aspects of river nymph fishing and fly tying.
Ian Mackenzie
Retired from full time employment as Technical Manager at Fulling Mill Ltd., responsible for the production of up to 350,000 flies per month and development of new patterns I now have more time to fish.
Although retired I tie numbers of flies for personal customers ranging from small dries to Tigerfish flies. Most things are possible, just ask.
At the show I will be tying a selection of patterns suitable for stillwaters in the UK and Ireland
Philip Varney
We also have manager Philip Varney from Veniard. Philip will be performing some fly tying and offering advice and information on all the latest products from Veniard.
Come and join us for a great weekend!
John Maduro
Trevor Greene
Trevor Greene has been fishing for almost 60 years. He mainly fishes for trout on the western loughs particularly Loughs Melvin and Conn. He also dabbles in salmon and sea trout fishing again in the west of Ireland. Closer to home he spends a lot of his autumn fishing for the Lough Neagh trout the dollaghan after it enters the rivers on its spawning run.
He has fished at inter-provincial level but prefers purely recreational fishing in a generally traditional style. That is reflected in his fly tying where he concentrates on traditional patterns saying that “……flies only get to be traditional because they work!”
Shane Hickey
My name is Shane Hickey. I am a fly angler and tyer from Limerick city. I first started fly fishing about 20 years ago for brown trout on the Shannon and it’s tributary the Mulkear, where my favourite method quickly became dry fly fishing. I am very interested in the different species of insects that our trout feed on and I have extensive experience of still water fly fishing for trout using all methods from buzzer to dry fly. Now my number one interest is salmon fly fishing and tying salmon flies, also love to dye most of my own fly materials. I have a huge interest double handed fly casting and tournament casting. I have been a two time winner of the local Spey O Mega tournament and the winner of the Foxford Riverfest Irish open spey casting championship. I am very happy to be part of silverfishing pro fly tying team
Local & International
Guest Casters
We will have some excellent casting instructors from both the UK and Ireland at the weekend. If you would like to try any of our rods before you buy!
Jim Curry
Steve Peterson
Parking
2 Hour Maximum Stay - Due to limited parking and social distancing.
Due to the high numbers that will be attending car parking will be limited. Please park in the highlighted areas above. We will have signage in place highlighting the parking areas. There will be no parking in the shop car park.
Food
As well as excellent fly tying and casting demos we will also have great food for the weekend. Hugh from Soulpan food truck will be with us all day Saturday with great food on offer!
Coffee
We will also have a coffee trailer on both Saturday and Sunday at the fly fair offer excellent coffees and teas all weekend!