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

  • Saltwater Fly Fishing Workshops Oct 2016 – Wexford

    Saltwater Fly Fishing Workshops Oct 2016 – Wexford

    Fly fishing Fly casting Fly tying The emphasis over the three days whilst not strictly placed on bass fishing is firmly based in the techniques used to catch them on the fly in Ireland. This of course also means if you wanted to catch stripers in the USA the workshops and the information will transfer…

  • bait in the air – I

    I wasn’t very happy at first. The line kept tangling, I kept missing my finger grip and shoot, my loops were wide open and hopelessly ineffective. I thought this was going to be easy, ‘100’-00″ casts in no time’ they said, plus with the added benefit of half the effort. It was mid November 2014…

  • Thirtyards

    Courtesy of Paul Moinster A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim

  • The opportunities created

    The opportunities created

    THIRTYARDS Bassfishing Saltwater Fly – Jim Hendrick

  • Eastern promise

    We all know that our cold seasons differ greatly in intensity, and bass fishermen know that success in fishing varies equally; but from what cause these results flow, no one can positively say. Robert Barnwell Roosevelt – The Striped Bass – Published 1865

  • Nothing

    What do I know of bass fishing except the surety of the mysterious ways the fish move in and out of my life

  • Urge

    I awoke today and found the frost perched on the town It hovered in a frozen sky then it gobbled summer down When the sun turns traitor cold and all the trees are shivering in a naked row I get the urge for going But I never seem to go I get the urge for…

  • Then and now

    Then and now

    I’m guessing that angling for bass has always been such a special experience for me that all I want now is to preserve that personal sense of being both challenged and excited whenever I fish for them. Saltwater fly fishing for bass with the current methods I use is difficult. I don’t catch many fish,…

  • Inland Fisheries Ireland Bass Policy

    National Bass Policy by Policy Group https://www.scribd.com/embeds/237503133/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-3A0oVbaR6jQ0wydXqj09&show_recommendations=true A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim