Foroige

Foroige is the National Youth Development Organisation. Foroige operates voluntary run youth clubs with an emphasis on democracy and giving the young people the chance to run their club. I have affiliated the junior fishing club with Foroige. The benefits of this come from the extra insurance available for Junior Members, the support and training available to me as a volunteer and access to a 14 seater mini bus which I also have alicence to drive. Very handy for hte club outings to venues that are not local for the lads.

Here is the link to Foroige:
http://www.foroige.ie/

National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland

Here is alink to the NCFFI homepage for anyone interested in coarse angling in Ireland:

http://homepage.tinet.ie/~ncffi/

Junior Angling in Galway

I am also the Junior Officer for the Galway Coarse Angling Association. This means that I am the first point of contact for many young people getting involved in angling. To encourage new anglers into the club I meet with them initially, help them with getting the right tackle and give them tips on angling. I call the junior members when we have a club competition coming up and often borrow the mini bus from work to bring them to the venues. A new departure this year is that I am providing tackle for new anglers - a rod and net - so that they can get started. If they like it then I give than a list of what's required to get them started and send them off to the local tackle shop.
The picture shown is me and a couple of the junior's at a fishing competition on Ross lake in Galway.

Favourite methods and venues

Pole fishing for Roach with a short line on Ballyquirke and feeder fishing for Bream.

Opinions of Galway Fishing

Galways got a lot of coarse angling opportinities even if its' not known as an angling 'hotspot'. I have been here for 4 years now and have enjoyed some great sport. We have a lot of rivers and lakes and if you head off the beaten track you can find great 'untouched' fishing. I will use this site as a on - line diary and log of my fishing succeses and failures (of which there are plenty).

The main site for coarse angling in Galway is Moycullen, 1o kms north of the city. Its best water is Ballyquirke Lough. However when I get the time I like to try the less well knowen and seldom fised areas. These have included Lough Corrib and the River Corrib, where I have caught fish that have never seen a coarse angler before.