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Bass Fishing. At the pace of the saltwater flyfishing coast. Wexford, Ireland – est 2003.
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Category: Bass Notes
Bass notes are observations and experiences – based over time.
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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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Days are valuable in people’s lives, days free from the routine and rigour of work are even more sought after especially when they are linked to something that we enjoy doing. The freedom. I couldn’t help but feel disappointed when I was forced to make a decision early last week with a view to cancelling…
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Less than two months away and what was once a distant plan is shortly about to become a reality. There’s a certain sense of coming home with this project and having spoken to and organised a lot with Pat from Quay House today I am now very excited about the October saltwater fly-fishing workshops. Our…
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That bass as a species is in urgent need of conservation is accepted by all thinking saltwater sports fishermen. The problem is to convince those in a position to effect conservation measures to take the necessary measures, and what those measures should be. Too often the struggle for realistic conservation degenerates into an argument between…
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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. Samuel Beckett The Wexford coast provides us with a multitude of bass fishing locations and complex environments. From the surf fishing of the east coast beaches and the swirling mysterious sands at Wexford Harbour to the iconic fast water reef systems at Splaugh…
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However, this is not to say that they are always that easy to catch. Even on the Dingle Peninsula – sometimes, they can be downright exasperating! But with care and attention to detail, the right place at the right time and, above all, perseverance there’s a very good chance they can be enticed to the hook…
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Improving your saltwater fly leaders for coastal fishing – PII Before realising the potential behind constructing your own saltwater leaders learn to tie and become familiar and confident with the following excellent knots. Tie them securley across different diameters of mono filament and fluorocarbon Perfection loop Bloodknot Non slip loop knot Lefty Kreh uses a…
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Improving your saltwater fly leaders for coastal fishing – PI People ask me a lot about leaders for bass fishing with the fly. One aspect mentioned frequently is the experience that people have of their fly not landing properly, people most often describe the problem as ‘the leader lands in a heap of line and…
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