THIRTYARDS

Bass Fishing. At the pace of the saltwater flyfishing coast. Wexford, Ireland – est 2003.

Category: Fishing conditions

  • In flight

    …. In the camaraderie of rookeries, in the spiteful vigilance of colonies I was at home. Seamus Heaney From Sweeney Redivivus from “Station Island” (1984)

  • Divine Deep

    Out there, in that Divine Dark,Out there, in that Divine Deep,The fishing is good,The fishing is very good. Out there, in that Divine Dark,Out there, in that Divine Deep,The fishing, not fishing at all, Is blessedness, is bliss.’ (Turtle, Vol. 1, pp. 213-21) John Moriarty

  • Not all the same

    “From causes which appear similar, we expect similar effects. This is the sum of all our experimental conclusions.” — David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

  • North Easterly Lake
  • As ever

    At 46 I am not callous; suffer considerably; make good resolutions – still feel as experimental & on the verge of getting at the truth as ever… And I find myself again in the driving whirlwind of writing against time. Virginia Woolf

  • Hold Fast!!

    Approching weather system that may develop, models busy.

  • September

    It doesn’t have to be the blue iris, it could be weeds in a vacant lot, or a few small stones; just pay attention, then patch a few words together and don’t try to make them elaborate, this isn’t a contest but the doorway into thanks, and a silence in which another voice may speak.…