[Mike Barrio]

Scottish Game Fair this weekend .......... anybody going down?

http://www.scottishfair.com/

Cheers
Mike

[Iain Goolager]

On Call Mike 

Iain

[Hamish Young]

Nope as the last one I went to was shit.

H

[Ewan Lindsay]

Don't sugar coat it Hamish...tell it like it is!   

Ewan

[Peter McCallum]

Tying flies on the GAIA stand if anyones passing give me a shout its always nice to put names to faces

[Hamish Young]

Don't sugar coat it Hamish...tell it like it is!   

Ewan

Hell yes 

Tying flies on the GAIA stand if anyones passing give me a shout its always nice to put names to faces

Got all the glue you need Peter Seem to recall you like a wee drop of glue Sure Ben will have some at the shop......

H

[Allan Liddle]

Not making this one as GAIA have all the help they need.
Heading to Leven anyway. 

[Rob Brownfield]

Nope as the last one I went to was shit.

H

 

What happened to the manufacturers having stands? (Orvis excepted). That was the best bit for me, going and talking to the folk that actually built and designed the gear. There used to be an antuque tackle stand as well that had some great old reels and so on.

Think I will give it a miss this year.

[Hamish Young]

I agree Rob, Anglers row is a shadow of its former self and that's why I go.
As it is now so depleted of fishing 'stuff' the Scottish Game Fair is just not for me. OK, there's still plenty of other stuff to see and do but what I want/would like to see just isn't there.
CLA on the other hand  Also worth going to Moy 

H

[Mike Barrio]

One of the reasons for me going down is to suss out if I feel it would be worth having a Barrio stand there next year

Cheers
Mike

[Hamish Young]

What, at the Scottish Game Fair CLA would be better IMHO Then again, maybe this years Scottish Game Fair will be a step forward and be 'like it was' back in the old days when spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri - and they were scared every time they went near my fly tying kit.

H

[Mike Barrio]

Hmmmm ...... interesting posts

I think it would be fair to say that if we lose interest in an event for whatever reason and do not attend, this increases the possibility of us losing the event?

Would we rather enjoy an event as a day out in Scotland, or drive all the way down to the CLA?

I'm not being funny here ..... just wondering what can be done to "revamp" interest in an event like the Scottish Game Fair?

Cheers
Mike

[Rob Brownfield]

I'm not being funny here ..... just wondering what can be done to "revamp" interest in an event like the Scottish Game Fair?

Hi Mike. Right, soap box time!

I see the Scone Game Fair as a place where certain shops offload items they cannot sell. Often, those items can be bought cheaper online or, in the case of one shop, cheaper at the shop itself!

Yes you can see some of the latest gear and in some instances (Orvis) actually go and play with it, but it is extremely limited to how it used to be.

I would much rather see "retail" stalls limited and a return to manufacturers having a presence. I don't want to go and buy stuff I can buy anywhere, but I do want to go and see items that are about to be released, to have a cast of rods or perhaps speak to the people that actually design the rods/reels/lines (Barrio!!)

The manufacturers just do not seem to be bothered these days despite much greater competition. Back in the day you had Hardy, B&W, Greys and maybe Sage/Loomis. Now you can add another 10 companies all producing top quality gear, so why are they not out there showing it off at the Game Fair?

Strangely, all the major coarse manufacturers all have stalls at the CLA.

[Barry Robertson]

Not making this one as GAIA have all the help they need.
Heading to Leven anyway.  

Plenty fish up at N Bhoy i hear Alan!

I will be heading down to the game fair on Saturday!

[Peter McCallum]

Hmmmm ...... interesting posts

I think it would be fair to say that if we lose interest in an event for whatever reason and do not attend, this increases the possibility of us losing the event?

Would we rather enjoy an event as a day out in Scotland, or drive all the way down to the CLA?

I'm not being funny here ..... just wondering what can be done to "revamp" interest in an event like the Scottish Game Fair?

Cheers
Mike

Couldn't agree more Mike, use it or lose it as they say