THIRTYARDS
Bass Fishing. At the pace of the saltwater flyfishing coast. Wexford, Ireland – est 2003.
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Category: Bass Fishing Influences
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There are times when the things you see you sometimes doubt they are actually happening. I’ve seen a lot of things when bass fishing but today’s events were a little new to me. I stood at the edge of a reef with white water breaking in front of me, waves running maybe to a metre…
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Important research work carried out by Thomas K. Doyle, Damien Haberlin, Jim Clohessy, Ashley Bennison, Mark Jessopp. ‘For many marine migratory fish, comparatively little is known about the movement of individuals rather than the population. Yet, such individual-based movement data is vitally important to understand variability in migratory strategies and fidelity to foraging locations. A case in point is…
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Keep in mind that good bites rarely last through an entire tide. You may show up and do nothing for two hours and assume you picked a bad night. You may have picked a great one but you’re not in the right tide window yet, or you missed it. On the quarter moons, when current…
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During summer and Autumn months some fish like bass will choose not to leave the estuary when the tide is exiting. Instead, sometimes, they will ‘lie up’ within the remaining water that stays in the estuary when the tide is out. These fish are often lying in deeper pools created where current has created ‘waves’…
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A near perfect set of opportunities to catch bass on opening day or close to it presents itself this year on the south coast – current conditions might be considered difficult but that’s fine, it just adds positivity to the equation. It’s the sudden change around the 15th / 16th to south westerly that’s just…
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A new set of flies from Brian, a new moon, nice breezes, clear water, two friends and two days off from the office. Leaders all re-tied, knots checked rods loaded…a mind full of intent, excitement and the anticipation of being out there. A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim
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The flies that have proven themselves over countless hours fly fishing for Irish bass are undoubtedly three The classic deceiver The bucktail deceiver with Hollow fleye variants The clouser minnow Tying saltwater flies that are easy to learn quick to tie, and probably equally as important, easy to cast and fish is what the fly…
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“One legged oystercatchers limping along a mirrored strand take off and land again and little waders run quickly in groups backwards and forwards reflected in the shallow waters. The curlews sudden startled cry, a fright, as you walk back a late October estuary the sky already darkening. All these things bred into your skin into…
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Tim Harrisson and his Dad Colin were some of my customers during year two of my guiding service, eight years ago now – Colin’s words below, received by a letter he sent a few weeks after his visit, still mean a lot to me. It was one of those magic moments. If I can achieve…
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