A new evening event has now been scheduled for festival – a ‘Gamefishers’ Evening’ with guest speakers, along with two evening fly fishing competitions with prizes and cups at Bessy Beck Trout Fishery, Tebay.

fishers and non-fishersWed 20th May – A ‘Gamefishers Evening’ in Penrith will involve presentations from Stuart Broadhurst (A Fly for All Seasons), Jeremy Lucas (Eden vs. the Best of Europe – does our local river cut it among Europe’s finest river fisheries?’) and Ally Gowans ‘A salmon fly fishers year’. Q&A session to follow. 7-9pm. Admission £3 on the door. And there’s a bar!

Venue – George Hotel – Penrith (in town centre) Devonshire St, Penrith. http://www.lakedistricthotels.net/georgehotel/directions.htm

Monday 18th May evening dry fly only competition – Bessy Beck from 5.00pm-9.00pm

Friday 22nd May open fly fishing competition – Bessy Beck from 5.00pm – 9.00pm.

Places are limited, so booking essential. For bookings and details of competition rules, contact the fishery on 015396 23303 or [email protected]

And don’t forget, there’s 10% off MRP of non-sale/special promotion goods at John Norris, Penrith during festival week.

The festival website is at http://www.gofishinglakedistrict.co.uk