We are a group of like-minded anglers who have trained in various angling related disciplines:

• Casting instructors, all formats
• Fishing coaches
• Fly tying and lure manufacture
• Guiding anglers as individuals or up to four anglers on any water for any species in N.Ireland
• Coaching children in a safe environment
• Fishery design and development project management and construction
• Event design, set up and management.
• One Stop Shop for advice to all angling related businesses e.g. tourism, accommodation providers.
• Marketing and administrating the different aspects of the above.
  

• Members must hold a Level 2 or Level 3 certificate from one of the following accreditation centres:
• APGAI - Advanced Professional Game Angling Instructor
• STANIC - Salmon and Trout Association National Instructors Certificate
• GAIC - Game Angling Instructors Certificate
• NAGC - National Angling Guide Certificate
• PAA - Professional Angling Association
• FFF- Federation of Fly Fishers
• BDAA - British Disabled Angling Association
• Mandatory renewable certification in First Aid, Child Protection and where applicable boat handling.
• Our Marketing, Admininistration and Fishery Advisory experts are fully accredited and experienced in their own fields as well as being accredited to one of the three bodies above.

• To develop and promote all angling formats.
• To grow and improve the inventory of fisheries and related facilities available to tourist or day anglers with emphasis on the needs of special interest groups. This will involve bringing many derelict waters back into circulation with the help of agencies tasked to assist in waterway enhancement.
• To attract tourist anglers.
• To provide world-class training, credible accreditation and genuine, sustainable employment opportunities for our members.

• To develop and deliver an “Angling Academy” that will be the engine for our own future instructors and guides, provide ongoing assessment and life long learning for all our members and crucially give us a platform to introduce angling in all its’ manifestations to young people and those adults who want to try something new.
• To organise a number of international angling events that will attract people from all over the world to not only enjoy themselves and return but to be ambassadors for the excellent angling and highly trained guides and instructors that we have here.
• To develop the angling opportunities.
• To facilitate various licensing and policing bodies to move towards a single license for all types and times of fishing.
• To provide a “centre of knowledge” that can dispense on request expert advice or information on all angling related matters to related businesses or government.

• To provide guides and instructors in every council district by 2007 and support these individuals in developing angling facilities and angling tourists plus opportunities to teach/coach.
• To bring together the main angling development influencing agencies and organisations in N Ireland and the R.O.I begin the process of designing and then delivering a common plan to enhance angling employment and tourism throughout.
• To deliver sufficient world-class guides and instructors to drive the above.
• To develop the inventory of fisheries and related facilities at a rapid pace over the next 6 years.
• To seek immediate and sustained funding & marketing support to achieve our goals and those of our partners.
• To put in place by 2007 a single agreed licensing and accreditation system for angling guides and instructors and thereafter be seen to be the benchmark for such and protect this by rigorous ongoing assessment of license holders.
• To persuade those bodies currently issuing angling licenses and policing same to move to a single system common to all areas, types of fishing and timescales to ease the burden on visiting anglers.
• To develop by 2007 one major fishing festival and add two further events (in discreet disciplines) by 2010.