At this year's Royal Lancashire Show, the Fishing Village organised by broadcaster, writer photographer Martin James will be bigger and better with demonstrations and talks going on throughout the 3 days from 10 o'clock in the morning until 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Ladies are especially welcome, and top lady angler Game angler Sue Parker and 14 year old match angler Samantha O'Neill will be in attendance to discuss your angling problems.

Game Sea and Coarse fishing will be covered. Which will include 14 year old Samantha O'Neil of Hyndburn & Blackburn A.A giving a demonstration of pole fishing with Alan Lord doing the commentary

New at this year show will be a question and answer session each day with a team of specialists. Thomas and Thomas have donated the prizes at this years show and you can try casting with their range of fly fishing rods.

The Thomas and Thomas rods are the finest casting tools you could use. They are an all American made rod produced in their Massachusetts factory where all the staff are dedicated to producing the best quality fly fishing rod you can use.

In the Fishing Village Marquee you can see demonstrations of fly dressing by the Pendle fly dressers guild where you can also get hands on experience.

Europe's biggest fishing club Prince Albert Angling Society will have a display including fly tying. Members of the committee will be on hand to answer your questions.

England International sea angler John Amery will demonstrate beach fishing techniques and casting. During the three days John will be in attendance to answer your questions.

Hyndburn and Blackburn AA with Pendle and Burnley Anglers Association with be two other clubs at the show. There will be talks on Chub and Barbel, also Fly fishing for pike.

Cotswold Bait Creations will be in attendance discussing baits, dips, liquids and oils. Phil Chum who has just caught a very big carp from a 60 plus acre gravel pit with an estimated 30 carp will also show you how to set up your tackle and various end rigs and modern carp fishing techniques.

Carp angler Tony Booker of Angling Concepts will demonstrate long range baiting techniques using. Throwing stick, catapult, spod and method blaster sling. Tony will also have some interesting floats and ground bait binders and mixes for the match and big fish anglers.


Pat O'Reilly APGAI and Sue Parker STANIC, professional instructors from DreamStreams Flyfishing, will be demonstrating a range of fly casting and fly fishing techniques.

Using a Thomas and Thomas lightweight trout rod, Pat will show you how to overcome many of the obstacles encountered when fishing in rivers and lakes for wild trout; he will also show how, by adapting trout fishing tackle and casting techniques, you can fish successfully for sea trout at night. As part of the demonstration, you will also see Pat applying a number of other fly casting and fishing techniques that can tip the balance in favour of the angler in tricky situations.

With salmon as the quarry in mind, Sue will show you how you can become a much more versatile and capable flyfisher, able to present a fly at the right depth and speed in low, normal and high water conditions, by adapting the tackle set-up and selecting the most appropriate casting and line control techniques. Sue's demonstration, using a Thomas and Thomas double-handed fly rod, will include the full range of Roll, Spey and Snake casts using floating and sinking lines.

Chris Bowman The Complete Angling Experience's "Doing Things Naturally". Introducing people to stealth, watercraft and the fact that fish can see, hear and feel anglers coming, showing them how to approach the river. Demonstrate how he started fishing with a hazel stick, before demonstrating the more modern tackle and tactics to show how to fish a variety of baits for different species.

Chris will discuss caddis fly larvae, stone fly nymphs and how you can use many of these freshwater invertebrates as baits (and how their presence or absence can be a sign of how good or bad the water quality is) as well as slugs , lobworms, etc., proving you don't have to rely on shop bought baits.

He will show you that fishing is all about relaxing and enjoying yourself at the same time showing you we must respect the freshwater environment and the countryside as a whole by looking after fish and wildlife. Picking up litter, not thrashing down vegetation and keeping a wary eye out for pollution etc

Another excellent and well received demonstration will be by Clive Mitchelhill and Glyn Freeman titled "Faults and Cures" purposely demonstrating common fly casting faults and what you can do to cure them.