THIRTYARDS
Coastal Connections Conversations & Flyfishing from Jim hendrick
About
I believe that saltwater fly-fishing for bass places us deep in the coastal heart of the natural locations we discover whilst pursuing the fish. Catching the fish on the fly is often about these places, where and when, but its also about much more; its about being immersed in the things we sense on the way, there and back. The good moments, the fun, the challenges we face, the learning, and the… Read More
BASS GUIDING SERVICES
Guided Saltwater Fly Fishing - Bass & Seatrout
SALTWATER FLY WORKSHOPS
Learn to Saltwater Fly Fish for Bass & Seatrout
THE ARCHIVE 2003-2015 A Guide
Guided Bass Fishing a history - Jim Hendrick
Award Winning Service
There is magic in it. Yes. As everyone knows, meditation and water are wedded forever. Herman Melville – Moby Dick
We had driven to that coast Through flowers and limestone And there we were, toasting friendship, Laying down a perfect memory In the cool of thatch and crockery. Seamus Heaney
Ask when for season – Season is April to December – with key times of June to October Ask when for time of day – A good time is during the change of light from dark to bright or bright to dark (dawn and dusk) – or go dark….. Ask when for state of tide – Spring tides often produce more fish than neap tides Ask when within tidal run – Some locations… Read More
I have used the Guideline Coastal line when saltwater fly fishing here in Ireland for many years now. In fact I fish with it quite a lot and really like the older type lines – HERE Now guideline have created a new version – The Coastal Evolve. Guidline have shortened the head from 10.5 m to 9.8 meters and the weight moves from 19 to 19.5 grams for the #8. This is… Read More
Catch and Respect – Fly-fishing for bass – & Leave no trace There is a skill too, in the proper release of fish! Please limit your kill rather than killing your limit. Catching a wild fish like a bass is a skillful process, releasing one successfully back to the sea alive and healthy also requires skill and good techniques. I try and apply the following to my own fishing as best I… Read More
Storms, snow, permit fishing and the longest silence.
In the street and in society I am almost invariably cheap and dissipated, my life is unspeakably mean. No amount of gold or respectability would in the least redeem it — dining with the Governor or a member of Congress!! But alone in distant woods or fields, in unpretending sprout lands or pastures tracked by rabbits, even on a black and, to most, cheerless day, like this, when a villager would be… Read More
Catch and Release
