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A Coastal Adventure saltwater fly-fishing for Bass along the coast of Ireland, when I can ! – Creator of Thirtyards – Bass Fishing Guide 2003 – 2015

Author: Jim Hendrick

  • Summer sun a problem? I don’t think so.

    Summertime SUN VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL At which point in time did catching bass in summer sunshine become a problem? I very quickly raided raided a few photos above from prior 2007 and could demonstrate at least hundreds more of fish caught during mid afternoon sunshine crystal clear water and high temperatures. Its a…

  • Elder serious bassers and dark as you like topsides

    Jim, All I can say is thank you. Your emails have given me the impetus to keep going. After 10 blanks this year already, and 8 blanks in total last year I was sure I had lost my mojo. I fish xxxxx, just up from the xxxxxx school at the xxxxx. Your fabulous photos have…

  • Sunny summer silver – fly & lure

    25 degrees and melting VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim

  • John gets the week started today amongst a few fish

    The start of the week VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL Beating the North Easterlies and rising pressure bass on the fly today in Wexford. A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim

  • Permit permission (and watch the K-POP too!)

    A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim

  • A perfect angling solution

    Ger Doran is a young capable and dynamic angler. Not prone to bravado his gentle style and angling skills combine to also make him a brilliant saltwater guide. Much is expected of guides in these modern times. Some of that crazy expectation is often driven by misplaced and irrelevant demands by people, including other so…

  • The first real acid test

    I’ve been biding my time a little and now that a ‘personal benchmark’ approaches I’m anticipating what might lie ahead. Mind games are always complicated things to play and I generally resolve them by just getting on with it. Its the waiting that causes the anxiety. The path taken to the end and the ensued…

  • The past is already too late

    The past is already too late

    Why would fisheries managers, who openly admit that harvesting too many spawning females caused the last decline, go out and do the same thing again, allowing anglers to take two fish a day over 28 inches? I am not just using my fishing success to judge the health of the striper population; I’m getting information…

  • ILLEX–CELLENT Evening with Jean Yves

    Soft lure and surface lure fishing VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL One of those excellent evenings of fishing that will go down in memory. Two names have featured regularly on this website since I began guiding in 2003 – one of them is Illex fishing gear the other is the regular French customer Jean Yves…