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| Hardy Caster |
RIP ABIfound out very bad news today Sixmile Fishery manager Allan Kirkpatrick , Died last night . im in Shock , i was talking to him onFriday , and fished with him last week ,, he was 48 or 49 i knew him all my life , and worked and guided with him., it will be a very sad loss for the Sixmile River . he did so much to help this river. I cant believe this , it was so sudden... he will be missed. Stevie Munn www.anglingclassics.co.uk Hardy Greys Academy Fly Casting Instructor Advanced Professional Game Angling Instructor - Casting (APGAI) Association Professional Game Angling Instructor-Fly Tying (APGAI-Ire) Professional Angling Guides & Instructors Network. ( PAGIN) |
| wayne |
A very sad lose to Northern Ireland's game angling community. Allan was a very well respected angler and guide and will be sadly missed.
On behalf of the forum I wish to pass on our condolences to Allan's family & colleagues. RIP ALLAN(Abi) 
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| Blanketyblank |
Very sad news indeed.
It really is a sad loss. Looking after the interests of the Six mile water was his passion. He was irreplaceable. |
| AMC |
A very sad loss indeed. A man who was committed to our great sport and pastime.
AMC |
| Hardy Caster |
Obituary- Alan Kirkpatrick (1957 - 2008 )
Alan Kirkpatrick was a native of east Co Antrim, He enjoyed 'Hunting,' Shooting' and fishing,'" and was remarkably good at it, His love of Flyfishing, which began in childhood, never left him. Converting our interests into a career must be an unfulfilled dream for most of us at some time. Alan did this seemingly effortlessly, to name a just few things Alan did he was head water bailiff on the river maine on Shanes Castle Estate where he also guided. Alan was also a fellow fully qualified angling guide and fly casting instructor, and was one the directors of the newly formed Lough Neagh Fishing Tours, a company promoting fishing and tourism on the british Isles biggest Lough (a big lough for a big Man). Also and maybe Alan's biggest challenge was as head bailiff and fishery manager of the Sixmile Water, where he was a life long member of the antrim and district angling association, it is a credit to Alan and a few others that the sixmile is one of the best places close to Belfast to maybe get a Salmon at the end of the season, he was a thorn in the side of any polluter that would harm the river or its fish ,and to the annoyance of many a poacher. a great Bailiff ( not a easy job in this part of the world ) Alan once told me he came across a guy poaching the river and that the Bugger (not the term Alan used) pulled a knife on him, when i asked him what happened he told me he told the bugger to put it away before he cut himself, believe me the guy put it away. Alan fought tirelessly against polluters and went to many meetings more than many of us know and for the antrim clubs he was worth weight in gold. I knew Alan all my life and we often fought like cat and dog but always made up. i will miss him,my heart goes out to all his Family especially his wife Pauline and son James Stevie Munn Hardy Greys Academy Fly Casting Instructor Advanced Professional Game Angling Instructor - Casting (APGAI) Association Professional Game Angling Instructor-Fly Tying (APGAI-Ire) Professional Angling Guides & Instructors Network. ( PAGIN) __________________ www.anglingclassics.co.uk |