But from behind me came intimate noises: the door of a house closing, voices, a lawn mower. And, to great extent, this is the character of bass fishing from the shore. In very civilised times it is re-assuring to know that wild fish will run so close that a man on foot and within earshot of lawn mowers can touch their wildness with a fishing rod.
Thomas Mc Guane – The Longest Silence
The cover of one of Germanys best selling angling magazines features Wexford bass fishing this month – a six page feature that can only do good for angling in Ireland in many ways.
Thanks to Holger, Holger and Markus.
I have thought about this many times and I guess have forgotten about it equally as often. I am interested in creating a group for people who might like to come together in the interests of saltwater fly fishing, nothing more serious than fun mind!
If you would like to be a part of, or are interested in, this possibility then please drop me a mail @ jimhendrick@live.ie
Hi, Jim.
Big excuses that I drop some lines so late after our really enjoying sea bass-trip. Had a really “demanding” autumn concerning current online-projects. But now things calm down a bit and now I find some time to update you:
Again many, many thanks for your brilliant guiding and efforts that made this trip for Holger Hoener as well as me a very special one.
And – deeply honest! – I must think back lots of years to remember a similar impressing fishing-experience. It’s all about the fishing itself, the surrounding, being in Ireland, sea bass and very best companions. Exactly
the mix I like 😉
In the following issue of magazine Rute & Rolle (issue No. 1/13, on sale Dec, 20th) there will be a 6-pages story about our trip. Also the cover-pic will be one shot of our seabass-trip!
Parallel to the article the web.tv-stuff on bissclips.tv will be online! The story will be
mainly about the spinfishing we did. Later on next year there will be an article focused on flyfishing in the magazine Fisch & Fliege.
Last week a guy from www.scale-magazine.com phoned me (had met him on
the water some months ago and stayed in contact) and asked if they also
could have that seabass-story. Guess I will create a new article with
different views for that mag. And I also plan to offer that story to a 
Danish, a Dutch and a Czech fishing-magazine … I will tell you, when I
know more.
I also planned to come back next September for some private fishing (found some guys who would give their left leg to join me!), but there
are some other dates and trips not fixed yet.
As soon as I know, if and when I am able to return to the Wexford-area,
I will tell you, Jim!
So much for my little update, Jim.
I will send you two copies of Rute & Rolle as soon as I hold them in my
hands …
All the best and take care,
Holger
PS: the first snow just fell in Hamburg today – will have to watch out
for some mulled wine later on …:-)
Salty sea trout cruising the coast
Are you thinking of Spring 2013?
Why spend extended time in places where you already know you can catch fish? If you have invested personal time and learning in these locations then you will know their moods, their patterns and the subsequent results – nice one!
Do you want to become a better angler than you already are? Then avoid routine and accept the challenge of what that might mean.
That routine exists in technique, location, time of day, time of year, type of presentation, type of weather, type of thinking…. nobody gets better at anything by choosing the easy road – pay your dues, then collect the results.
THIRTYARDS 
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