‘This competition continues to go from strength to strength and has become so popular we now have a waiting list,” declared Dan Dennehy at the 12th annual Vintners’ Federation of Ireland Fly Fishing Championships on Lough Mask. “It all started when fishing with a fellow publican in 2001,” he said. “We agreed to set up a vintners’ competition with one stipulation: it must be held midweek. Twelve years later we still hold the event on a Tuesday and Wednesday.”
Irish Times, 13/09/13. Read the full article ‘Angling notes: Vintners throw another fine party on the crests and shores of Lough Mask‘.