I.T.F.F.A.  The Irish Trout Fly-Fishing Association held their annual general meeting last Sunday in the Greville Arms Hotel Mullingar,their was a  good turn out of delegates from the 91 affiliated members. Also it was good to see the Dr. Billy Waldron back in action after his operation. The meeting itself went very smoothly, some of the main talking points were that it would be great if a major sponsor would step in and support the Irish Senior and Youths International Teams. There are some super anglers competing at local level but when they qualify to fish for their country, some find it very hard to afford the costs due to work and travel. There was some talk on the Lough Owel Angling Centre, it is hoped that when it is finally completed it will be possible for the I.T.F.F.A  youths to use it as a training centre etc. On the subject of youths, the 2005 National Youths Qualifier will be fished on April 2nd on Lough Bane. All clubs are encouraged to get as many as possible of their young anglers to fish this Fly-Fishing  qualifier. Finally the I.T.F.F.A.  Officers for the coming season are as follows. President-Stan Mc Cart, Vice-President Jackie McMahon, Chairman-P.J. Hallinan, Hon Treasurer-Ian Rowand, P.R.O.- P. Deery, Hon-Secretary Michael Callaghan, Youth Officer David Brown. and the Senior team coach is Stan Mc Cart. On taking up his position of President Stan McCart presented Dr Billy Waldron with his past President Medal (See pic).