THIRTYARDS

Bass Fishing. At the pace of the saltwater flyfishing coast. Wexford, Ireland – est 2003.

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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

  • Way of fishing

    GUIDING – Its always about the most important things like people, its also considerably more valuable than your own success. As a guide its a given that by default you have angling skills.

  • Ireland, the coast

    Ireland, the coast

    The joy of being on the coast, the anticipation discovered again.

  • Low tide lessons

    Low tide lessons

    Low tide lessons – where and when I learn most about the fish

  • On the way

    On the way

  • Peninsula

    Peninsula

  • Tactics to try

    Tactics to try

  • Do not go gentle

    Do not go gentle into that good night Dylan Thomas, 1914 – 1953 Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do…

  • Heritage lost

    IRISH GOVERNMENT SAY THEY WILL NOT RESCIND THE LICENCE ISSUED FOR HARVESTING NATIVE KELP IN BANTRY. Deirdre Fitzgerald Bantry, Ireland 9 MAY 2017 — This evening our Government and FG Minister Simon Coveney, Dept of Housing said they will NOT rescind the licence issued BioAtlantis to harvest 1860 acres of native kelp in Bantry Bay. They…

  • Constants

    Constants

    Every year I return to the same places where I have always fished for bass. I find these places changed in different ways since I have last fished there, or ever fished there. The same is different and is new again. For a long while there have been a few constants, the wind, the tide,…