Wexford coast · est. 2003
THIRTYARDS
Bass fishing at the pace of the saltwater fly fishing coast.
From Jim Hendrick
Fish
Autumn days, two anglers: 2026 is full, 2027 opens in April. Winter sessions run on Saturdays from February.
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Where to start.
The work
Bass on the fly, off the Wexford shore.
Along the shoreline — the gullies, the oarweed, the two-hour tidal windows. The bass fishing, the writing and the photographs are the work. The book is what the time has produced.
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
In progress
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sweet September rain
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Where the water moves
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Sometimes it’s difficult to land a fish
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Third cast – fish – low tide – weed – stuck -…
Short notes from the water, put down as it happened.
On the record
What the years add up to.
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, and news of the book when there is any. No schedule, nothing else.
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