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

  • Straight up

    Words Brendan McCarthy – Urbanflyguides.com Source http://www.thisisfly.com

  • The rush

    “A more stable, long term, option for tourism is to preserve these things which we have in Ireland — I guess they’re taken for granted a little bit.”– Claire O’Halloran Skellig Michael Guide

  • Perspective

    https://twitter.com/zensportfishing/status/699884051184947204

  • Fishing not casting

    I first started catching bass on metal, most notably the choice was either the Abu Krill or Abu Toby. The reel I used was a DAM Quick 440N and it was loaded with 12 or 14lbs BS mono. I learned quickly to terminate the line with both a link swivel and a normal swivel. Things…

  • Gear that works

    A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim

  • A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim

  • Reel

    L5W Fly Reel from Danielsson From time to time I will make some personal recommendations in relation to fishing gear I have used that works – this is one of those times – Jim Hendrick This reel has its origin in the LW series which was the first properly sold fly reel according to standards.…

  • Countdown

    Can we catch big bass consistently? Is this a question we should be interested in? Is it really that important that we pursue bigger fish? Remember too in a healthy protected population of fish we could all be catching more and bigger fish – simple! There’s a considerable angling challenge of course in pursuing bigger…

  • To discover

    To discover

    We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploration Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time   T.S. Eliot