Prestigious angling competition in Cork nets global entries

There’s something fishy going on in this Irish village this week — and they’ve flocked from all over the world to take part.

The first of almost 200 young anglers representing some 14 countries around the world began arriving in Coachford, on the upper reaches of the River Lee in Co Cork yesterday ahead of the World Youth Coarse Fishing Championships this weekend.

And they got their first glimpse of the magnificent competition course on Inniscarra Lake which includes the Coachford Greenway — a 2.8km walkway which has been developed along the Lee — and got an opportunity to inspect their pegs and cast a few practice lines ahead of the competition stages.