I tied at last year's fair - and thoroughly enjoyed the interaction with fellow tiers, fishers and visitors. I'm especially looking forward to catching up with Roy Christie (one of the event organisers) and Marc La Mouche Fauvet, whom I'll be interviewing for smallflyfunkRadio, which launches in July. I'm also hoping Dave Wiltshire will make it - it'll be good to meet you at last, Dave.
Tying small flies always attracts interest, and as we enter the small fly season here I'm hopeful we can turn folk on to this uniquely rewarding branch of our sport. I've tied a whole bunch of flies to help out with the fund raising... any visitors to the fair are free to pick-and-mix for 50p a fly - ALL proceeds to the Dibney River Conservation Trust.
By consequence, I'm left a little light for flies to fish following the weekend... but hey, it'll be fun restocking in the weeks ahead.
Any followers in Ireland, please find time to visit the village of Killyleagh and celebrate IIFF 2010 with us - it really is a fantastic event and this years line-up is the very best to date with some of the world's finest tiers and casters demonstrating.BIG THANKS to Stevie Kennedy and the team of organisers and volunteers who work so hard through the year to make the fair a success.
