Whilst it is a very competitive event, the Daiwa Irish Pairs is very much an ‘angling festival’, inasmuch as there is something for everyone, be it the match-man, the specimen hunter, the 'social’ angler, or the novice. The 2015 angling week starts with Registration on the evening of Thursday 17th. September; the first of the pegged matches is on the Friday, then one on Sunday and one on Tuesday;
the rest of the week, up to Thursday at 4pm, is open for anglers to do their own thing and go fishing! A specimen competition runs throughout the week 24/7 from end of the first pegged match until Thursday 24th. The beaches are generally fairly easy to fish and there are stacks of options for the specimen hunter and miles of coastline, rocks and estuaries to explore. Outside of the pegged matches the entrants can pace the week as they wish; there is always results/leaders boards posted at the Match HQ if a little evening social is preferred! In actual fact, the measure and return system, which is now universally adopted through the UK now, was pioneered at The Pairs in the early 90’s. We have excellent sponsorship from Daiwa Sports as well as firm sponsorship from BassBoots, Trident Homes and The Dingle Bay Hotel [our beloved match HQ adjacent to the harbour]! The Pairs is now in it’s 34th. year and remains pretty solid as The flagship sea angling festival in the UK; we are very proud of this and look forward to many more years offering a great week for all. If you want further information please visit our web-site. The Pairs is great introduction to a variety of sea angling [surf fishing, float fishing, spinning, rock-fishing] - targeting species such as rays, bullhuss, bass, mullet, flounders, conger, wrasse…the list goes on, so why not take a look at what we are getting up to this year on Facebook…and maybe next year give it a go! We are taking entries for 2015 until Friday 21st. August 2015
