Wexford coast · est. 2003
THIRTYARDS
At the pace of the saltwater fly fishing coast.
From Jim Hendrick
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Where to start.
What this coast gives, what it is losing, and what the loss opens.
The work
One stretch of coast, over a long time.
Bass on the fly along the Wexford shoreline — the gullies, the oarweed, the two-hour tidal windows. The fishing, the writing and the photographs are the work. The book is what the time has produced.
Saltwater fly fishing · bass behaviour · shoreline ecology · coastal observation.
From the book
It becomes a thing you do with your attention, the way another man says his prayers, or hums the tune to a song.
The sea is quieter now in a way that has no sound.
It has ruined me a little for the rest of life, which mostly asks to be looked at and not truly seen.
The cast is the easy part to love. It is shapely, it photographs well, men frame it.
Rising Tide Setting Moon
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Super fishing Friday evening in the company of a best friend
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“Be like the fox who makes more tracks than necessary, some in…
Whatever the coast gives, on the day it gives it.
From the coast
A few recent frames.
Owned experience
What the years add up to for you.
Long enough on one stretch of coast to know its habits, and to notice when one changes.
By email
New writing from the coast, whenever there is some. No schedule, nothing else — just the piece, when it’s finished.
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