International deep sea angling festival to reel in big crowds

IT’S the Six Nations of deep sea angling and it will pit some of the best anglers in the world against each other next month.

Details of the 45th International Deep Sea Angling Festival, which will be held in Cobh, Co Cork, next month, have just been announced and more than 50 anglers from more than six nations have already registered to take part.

The festival is one of the longest-running and most prestigious events in the Irish and European sea-fishing calendar.