Exhibitors and Manufacturers
Well-known manufacturers of angling equipment will be given the opportunity to showcase and demonstrate their new and up-and-coming ranges. Each company will be allocated to one of the particpating beats for the duration of the festival. Here they will entertain balloted anglers, visitors, provide instruction and coaching from their pro guides and demonstrate their equipment.
A huge draw at traditional angling fairs is demonstrations of fly dressing. Many manufactures will be bringing their own fly dressers at their own discretion. The event committee will also be contacting and inviting fly dressers who will then be paired with manufactures at their beats, again at the discretion of the event committee.
Members of the craft trade involved in angling (such as artists, antiques, sculpture, taxidermists, etc) are in the process of being identified and will also be invited to demonstrate and sell products. Supporting craft trades will yet again be assigned to their festival beat.
