• On coastal waters flyfishing for bass

    ‘I had my existence. I was there.
    Me in my place and the place in me.’

    Seamus Heaney

  • Uncoding ALL LANDSCAPES

    The timeless waves, bright, sifting, broken glass, Came dazzling around, into the rocks, Came glinting, sifting from the Americas. – S.Heaney

  • From the reef to the kelp forest

    I thought the earth
    remembered me, she
    took me back so tenderly, arranging
    her dark skirts, her pockets
    full of lichens and seeds. I slept
    as never before, a stone
    on the riverbed, – M.Oliver

  • ACTIVELY PATIENT

    It don’t do you no nevermind to tell nobody nothing. – T.McGuane

  • TIME INVESTED

    A man is never lost at sea. – E.Hemingway

  • THE LONG REACH OF THE FLY

    The sea is the sea. The old man is an old man. The boy is a boy and the fish is a fish. The shark are all sharks no better and no worse. All the symbolism that people say is shit. What goes beyond is what you see beyond when you know. – E.Hemingway

  • With principles of least time

    Unfathomable Sea! whose waves are years,
    Ocean of Time, whose waters of deep woe
    Are brackish with the salt of human tears!
    Thou shoreless flood, which in thy ebb and flow
    Claspest the limits of mortality! – PB.Shelley

  • WHERE WHEN

    But that is not the question. What are we doing here, that is the question. And we are blessed in this, that we happen to know the answer. Yes, in the immense confusion one thing alone is clear. – S.Beckett

  • From Autumn Transition

    Life and death matters, yes. And the question of how to behave in this world, how to go in the face of everything. Time is short and the water is rising. – R.Carver

  • Through to Summer Threshold

    I know I’m a long way from greatness, but I am beginning to come at it in my own way. I can go through the basic motions pretty well, don’t rely quite as religiously on specific fly patterns as I once did, have worked out ways of compensating for some of my most egregious weaknesses and have come to count heavily on timing because it’s a hell of a lot easier to catch fish when the fish are biting. – J.Grierach

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I believe that saltwater fly-fishing 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 technique through… Read More

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 Posted on January 1, 2022

Saltwater Days

As we move towards 2022 in these uncertain times, my personal health is the best it’s been in five years, I hope to catch up with some (3) early Spring Workshops – Bass on the Fly! https://jimhendrick.com/workshops/workshops/ There are also a couple of you I had to pend due to ongoing covid challenges and perhaps we can get to these sessions this season too. I’ll see how things move in the next… Read More

 Posted on December 28, 2021

The information

THIRTYARDS

 Posted on December 28, 2021

#estuary

 Posted on December 24, 2021

Tribute

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 Posted on December 20, 2021

November

 Posted on November 20, 2021

Positive

There is plenty to be worried about in the world right now, but we mustn't forget to enjoy the positive moments when they come. Kevin Parr tries to look on the bright side of life. Purchase Issue 23 here – https://t.co/CUoVmhdafw pic.twitter.com/RhIrnxhJVc — Fallon's Angler (@fallonsangler) October 22, 2021

 Posted on November 19, 2021

From Autumn Transition

Life and death matters, yes. And the question of how to behave in this world, how to go in the face of everything. Time is short and the water is rising. – R.Carver

 Posted on October 15, 2021

Massive Charade

 Posted on September 28, 2021

Catch and Release

THIRTYARDS

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