2012 Munster Youth Fly Tying Championship
The Munster Regional Trout Angling Council which has an affiliation of seventy clubs held its first youth event of the year at Ballyhass Lakes on Saturday 19th of January.
Each year the youth flytying championship is the first youth event of the angling calender. During the winter months young anglers are trained in the art of tying flies in club rooms and local community centres by the senior club members. Flytying is an essential skill for any angler both young and old and so the work put in by the experienced tyers in training the youth pays dividends in future years.
During the competition the competitors were given a number of different types of flies to tie over a four hour period. There was two sections namely one for u-14s and one for u-18s. Judges on the day were two former senior international anglers Kevin Healy and Denis Cronin. Both judges remarked on the very high quality of the flies which made it very difficult to come up with a winner.
Speaking at the presentation of the prizes, Munster Youth Officer Richard Willis who is main driving force behind these young anglers complimented the competitors and their coaches for the work put in during the winter months which yielded a very high standard of tying and he wished them well in the forthcoming All-Ireland competition which will be held in Dublin on March 10th.
Richard then presented the prizes to the winners which were as follows.
Under 18
- Alastair Early
- John Buckley
- Stephen Ryan
U-18 winner Alaister Early (Macroom) receiving his prize from M.R.T.A.C. Youth Officer Richard Willis with M.R.T.A.C. Chairman Maurice Willis (left)
Under 14
- John Willis
- Alan Barrow
- Arran McCann
U-14 winner John Willis receiving his prize from M.R.T.A.C. Youth Officer Richard Willis (right) and M.R.T.A.C. Chairman Maurice Willis (left)
The Munster Regional Trout Angling Council wish to thank the management and staff of Ballyhass Lakes who provided the venue for the event and also provided sponsorship. We also wish to thank the deli-staff at Twohigs Super-Valu Kanturk who provided hot food to all involved.
Report and photos provided by Tom Ankettell Hon-Sec M.R.T.A.C.
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