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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

  • Then and now – From Irish Angler 2009

    Four years ago I wrote these 12 articles from an idea by David Dinsmore editor of Irish Angler – what words would I use now if I had to re-write them I wonder? Some I wouldn’t change at all… ‘…..The portrayal of the fishing and the fishing environment must reflect the ‘performance risk’ accurately and…

  • Thank goodness its flyday

    Forage VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim

  • The summer of 2013 the pattern of (7’s) and some hope!

    I smelt the smoke from a chimney for the first time in ages this evening, it got me thinking. If you had been bass lure fishing from the shore on a regular basis between the years 2000 and 2006 you will have had the experiences to measure and compare those years to the period say…

  • Bass on the Fly – Wolfbarsch Fisch & Fliege

    Saltwater Fly Fishing Wexford – Bass //www.scribd.com/embeds/164920846/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&show_recommendations=true A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim

  • A toy of light

    So a new similitude is given us And we say: The soul may be compared Unto a spoonbait that a child discovers Beneath the sliding lid of a pencil case, Glimpsed once and imagined for a lifetime Risen and free and spooling out of nowhere – A shooting star going back up the darkness. It…

  • Energies

    Energies

    “Using traditional presentation techniques to catch fish that are holding in current to feed adds so much to saltwater fly fishing that it should be explored for the pure joy of discovery. Engaging the difficulties of proper presentation is perhaps the most wonderful part of fishing with a fly rod. The simplicity of casting a long…

  • Seamus Heaney and the sea

    Lovers on Aran The timeless waves, bright, sifting, broken glass,Came dazzling around, into the rocks,Came glinting, sifting from the Americas To possess Aran. Or did Aran rushto throw wide arms of rock around a tideThat yielded with an ebb, with a soft crash? Did sea define the land or land the sea?Each drew new meaning…

  • Seasons on the Fly

    A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim

  • Inland Fisheries Ireland Bass Project

    National Bass Programme IFI has established a National Bass Programme to collect data on bass in order to provide scientific advice to support management and conservation of Ireland’s bass resource. Bass is Ireland’s only marine fish species which is managed for angling. The programme is being developed to determine the status of bass stocks and…