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City west show

#1 Post by lurehunter1 »

Was citywest any good today?
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Re: Anyone for the Swords show??

#2 Post by ste c »

lurehunter1 wrote:Was citywest any good today?

cirt west today was absolute brutal basically 1 sea angling stall and it was causeway tackle really nice lads to talk to,i hope the swords has a bit more to show
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Re: Anyone for the Swords show??

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ste c wrote:
lurehunter1 wrote:Was citywest any good today?

cirt west today was absolute brutal basically 1 sea angling stall and it was causeway tackle really nice lads to talk to,i hope the swords has a bit more to show
Have a feeling swords will be good with all those names mentioned above
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Anyone for the Swords show??

#4 Post by Kgarr »

I really enjoyed city west today, lots of very experienced anglers happy to chat and share information, lots of craic too. really good deals on all tackle. 3 quid for a coffee nearly made me gag though!!
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Re: City west show

#5 Post by lowie69 »

I went with ste c today was ok nothing amazing tho hope swords is better
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#6 Post by Rob Millard »

I enjoyed the show today. Spoke to all the bass guides, saw Jim Hendricks & Paul Youngs seminars, and bought a bit of gear. All in all, worth the journey!
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#7 Post by Martin Mc Gowan »

I was wondering how it would go this year, went last year, have to say not great, the Ireland match prob kept a good few away. if the two shows could come together and make one big expo that would be good.
Going to head to other one in swords this year, its looking like a good show...
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Re: Anyone for the Swords show??

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Kgarr wrote:I really enjoyed city west today, lots of very experienced anglers happy to chat and share information, lots of craic too. really good deals on all tackle. 3 quid for a coffee nearly made me gag though!!
yeah got a cup asked for 2 sugars and when i tasted it it was like 12. told the boss (his younger bro made the cup) but he didnt ggive a hoot. waddacunt.
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It was the worst show I was ever at, most of it was to do with hunting
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#10 Post by Eoghan »

I thought it was great but I suppose its what you are looking for out of it. I thought there was a bit more sea fishing than last year and in particular around Bass fishing with soft plastics being the main focus. Got to speak to Jim H (Tnks again for the flies Jim) not to mention Jim's seminar. John Quinlan was there for people to speak to, and we ran into Bob Moss who we hadnt seen in ages. In my opinion every time you speak to one or all of these people you will learn something. There was a decent range of rods on offer and more sea lures than last year so all good. Well worth a tenner entry.
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#11 Post by JimH »

Getting to meet and chat with people is one of the miain reasons I go to this show so the feeling is very mutual Eoghan -
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#12 Post by JohnQ »

Jim, everyone spoke very highly of your talks and the time and information you gave them on your stand. Well done.
Also thanks to everyone who came over to the Irish Bass stand for a chat. I will also be at the Swords show in two weeks time so I hope to meet some more of you there.
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Thanks for the mails and all the chat on Saturday

#13 Post by JimH »

‘I really enjoyed that email on your presentation Jim, and I'm glad you gave "our" Jean a look in as well. I had a great chat also with Will and Brian, they are genuine guys and I'd say great company to be with when fishing. Your stall was by far the most enjoyable. Keep the flag flying Jimbo’

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‘Thanks Jim. I suspect I'm going to find that presentation very helpful this year - particularly for my confidence and the way I fish’

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‘I think you are too hard on yourself Jim, the seminar was great. Fair play to kicking those lads out at the start, they were wrecking our heads. I took a lot out of what you said, I particularly like the “Fish like its your last time”. That’s really how we approach Kerry. We get there twice a year And we look forward to it so much we don’t waste any time.

Also the number of times I have said “Ok concentrate, there are fish out there and Expect to catch one” – I wont say I always do but it definitely works. I try to imagine that on every cast the lure could be smashed. Then there is that psych moment. You could be fishing for 30 mins, in a daze, not really concentrating, then for some reason you switch on like something is about to happen.

Coincidence or not I don’t know, probably more like what you say, you concentrate on the lure and your surroundings and usually things happen quickly after.

But tnks again Jim, always a pleasure’

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‘Jim I took six of those nine things home with me – I needed to know where I was going with my fishing thanks for helping on Saturday’

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‘I would never have thought of NOT fishing Jim – I like the Zen approach – a bit like ‘The art of war’

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‘Still putting bass fishing to the front Jim, it was reflected by the numbers willing to listen to you speak - its great to see a saltwater species being promoted properly, by the way when is the book coming out and when are doing your sportfishing weekend?’

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