What stops people fishing festivals in ireland is the fact there are so many more at home on commercials where people think they stand a better chance of winning as its far easier to win on a commercial than a natural. More and more anglers are only interested in the money and lets face it if you fish a commercial ten times you stand a fair chance against anyone, if you fish a natural venue once a year its a lot more difficult. Never entered a festival in ireland but do enjoy pleasure fishing for bags of roach and skimmers as all the slabs seem to have disappeared
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