Harvey's Point Country Hotel
Three Day Course - €549 per person sharing
Course Content
Sunday
Participants arrive on Sunday afternoon, check-in from 4pm. Meet all the fishing group with welcome Reception at 7pm in the Cocktail Lounge for an Aperitif followed by Dinner in our Steakhouse at 7:30pm.
Mondy
| 08:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | Leisurely Breakfast in our Restaurant overlooking Lough Eske |
| 10:00 a.m. | Start Programme in Boathouse |
| 1. Health and Safety: Keeping safe whilst Fly - Fishing | |
| 2. Fly casting instruction - What is it all about? | |
| 3. Types of Fly - Fishing: Dry, Wet, Nymph, Trout, Sea Trout, Salmon: Aiming to deceive the fish | |
| 4. The gear, how do we prepare to go fishing and get it all together? | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Tea & Coffee |
| 11:30 a.m. | Reels, Rods, Lines, Knots. |
| 12.00a.m. | Introduction to practical casting on the lawn and warm up. |
| 01:00 p.m. | Lunch in Conference Room (Casting DVD) |
| 02:00 p.m. | Practical Casting Instruction on the Lawn |
| How to cast including Demo and Participation covering basic casting principles. | |
| Group and Individual tuition to cast a straight line to a target using basic overhead cast. | |
| 03:30 p.m. | Tea & Coffee Break |
| 04:00 p.m. | Group and Individual practice and further tuition relative to the learning curve of the group |
| Perfecting technique and how to fish a fly for trout and or salmon (using lakeside) | |
| 05:30 p.m. | End of Day 1 |
| 06:30 p.m. - 09:30 p.m. | Dinner served in our Gourmet Restaurant |
Tuesday
| 08:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | Leisurely Breakfast in our Restaurant overlooking Lough Eske |
| 10:00 a.m. | Start Day 2 |
| 1. Perfecting casting and taking account of conditions and change of direction. | |
| 2. Casting to targets | |
| 3. More practice and brushing up to technique for accuracy and control. | |
| 4. Striking fish, playing fish, landing fish, despatching fish, catch and release. | |
| 01:00 p.m. | Lunch in Boathouse |
| 02:00 p.m. | Flies, Lures, Knots, Leaders |
| More Casting and Fishing technique on water | |
| 03:30 p.m. | Tea & Coffee Break |
| 04:00 p.m. | More practicing and refining technique from Lough shore |
| 05:30 p.m. | End of Day 2 |
| 06:30 p.m. - 09:30 p.m. | Dinner served in our Gourmet Restaurant |
| Review of day and workshop / Feedback and Questions |
Wednesday
| 08:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | Leisurely Breakfast in our Restaurant overlooking Lough Eske |
| 10:00 a.m. | Assemble in the Boathouse - Questions & Answers |
| River casting techniques, including roll cast and change of direction. | |
| Review of course - Prepare gear for your fishing trip/expedition, discussing and identifying fishing options in Donegal, Ireland and abroad. | |
| 11:45 a.m. | Fly - Fishing Tuition ends, farewell Drink in the Boathouse |
If you need further information about fishing, contact Brendan directly on: 0044 7879773394
| Contact me by Email to discuss your needsbrendan@naturallivingassets.com : | |
| Mobile: | + 44 (0) 78797 73394 |