The Irish Fly Fair is the brainchild of Stevie Munn he wanted to run it for many years. Stevie had approached many backers but it was only when he met Hugh Bonner from Mara Media at the Angling Ireland show in Dublin which he was working at, that this show was to start in association with Mara Media as they have now teamed up to give Ireland its best Fly Angling show.
Stevie Munn is from Co. Antrim, he has fly fished all his life , well from about the age of six, he is now a Hardy Greys Fly Casting Instructor, a qualified Advanced Professional Game Angling Instructor in Fly Tying and Fly Casting with APGAI-Ireland, and a APGAI fly casting instructor. He teaches fly casting and fly tying to all levels from beginner to advanced and has also gave lessons at many schools.
Stevie has worked in the game angling sector for many years at game fairs and shows. He has been sponsored as a professional casting instructor and angling guide by Lennox Rods, Bloke Rods, and Sshoot and now Stevie is proud to be sponsored by the World famous English company, Hardy & Greys.
Stevie has been a Professional guide for many years for trout, salmon and a lough run wild brown trout called the Dollaghan which runs his local rivers to spawn, that said he will fish for any fish that will take a fly and also loves fly fishing in the sea. He has won many fly fishing competitions though mostly now fishes for pleasure and he has also won fly casting competitions including 2 Accuracy Casting Championships in England and at the CLA game fair 2011 Stevie helped set a new World record in fly casting which was done for the charity Help of Heroes, 141 miles of fly casting with Stevie setting the high score of 627 casts at distance in 30 mins.
Stevie hosts fishing trips worldwide and can help you if you want to fish many places in the world, every October he hosts a trip to fish in British Colombia Canada, but can also help you with other Game angler’s paradises including Russia, Iceland, Norway and Argentina as well as his native Ireland, North and South.
Stevie flies patterns have appeared in many angling books including Malcolm Greenhalgh’s new book ‘A guide to fishing flies from around the World, Stevie also writes articles in many angling magazines including Irish Angler, Total Flyfisher, Trout & Salmon, Flyfishing & Fly Tying and Chasing Silver of which he is the Field Editor in Ireland. He has fished many venues throughout the world but is most at home fishing on one of the large Irish loughs or rivers, for wild Trout, Dollaghan or Salmon.
Stevie has given fly tying and casting demos, at many game and fly fairs over the years, including the CLA game fair in England, Angling Ireland, Irish Game Fairs, Dutch Fly Fair, and British fly fair International. Stevie is looking forward to the Galway show, come say hi to him if you have any questions on angling he will only be to glad to help.
For more information, visit the web site www.anglingclassics.co.uk or email anglingclassics@aol.com.
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