ANDREW LAVERTY
CO. ANTRIM 

The Irish Game Fair - Shanes Castle
25th & 26th June 2022

Join ANDREW LAVERTY aT  THE ANTRIM FLY FAIR

Andrew Laverty Fly Dresser at The Antrim Fly Fair

My name is Andrew Laverty and I’m from a small village on the north coast of Antrim.

I was taught how to fly fish around the age of 10, then thought myself how to tie flies! My Granda got me a vice and some bits to tie a few trout flies and that’s where it all began. I used YouTube a lot to help me with tying especially Davie McPhail and after a couple of months I took to it very well.

I grew up fishing lough Sheelin as a teenager and caught many trout on my dry flies. Wet flies too! I also fished the local burn which runs through my home village, Balnamore. It has a healthy stock of wild brown trout and the very odd salmon. I then got interested in saltwater fly fishing for sea trout, which is great fun once you find them.

In the past few years, I have focused most of my fishing on Atlantic salmon.my local river is the River Bush in Co. Antrim which I’ve learned a lot about over the past couple of seasons. set a wee Facebook page up and have sent salmon and trout flies all over the world. As far as Canada, USA and Sweden! I am looking forward to this show!

Email: andylaverty97@hotmail.co.uk