THIRTYARDS

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

About

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

Anticipation over

“Well,” said Pooh, “what I like best,” and then he had to stop and think. Because although eating honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn’t know what it was called. ― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh Re-directed by our expert man on the ground who kept the possibilities of our escape from… Read More

Posted on April 12, 2018

Fly fishing landscapes-time travel

Posted on April 6, 2018

Permittion 2018

Permit on the fly a week in Belize – incredible locations, company, fish and experiences. http://www.yellowdogflyfishing.com

Posted on March 22, 2018

The white blackbird

The mystery for me was the way the folded newspaper packet felt. Not only was it impossibly neat and flat but it was also cold and a little damp on one side. When he opened it on the maroon deck at the bow of the lightship the worms were big and moved with a thousand legs, lightly covered in cool sand, they were green and brown and bright orange. I could identify… Read More

Posted on January 1, 2018

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Blood choices

At first blush, a sport that measures success by ripping a creature from its environment, putting it in fear for its life, and sometimes taking that life would seem to have more to do with survival of the fittest than more soulful notions such as ethics and principles. But there is a lot of right and wrong in fly fishing, and the right carries over into much else that humans have the… Read More

Posted on December 28, 2017

Bass anglers take note – December proposals 2018

The European sea bass as we know is particularly vulnerable to overfishing and local population depletion due to various aspects of its biology: They are slow growing and do not mature until they are approximately 31-35 cm in length for males and 40-45 cm for females. It can take from 4 to 7 years to reach this size (they have been recorded up to 28 years of age). Such slow maturing species… Read More

Posted on December 10, 2017

In decline – a solution of bravery

As passionate bass fishermen, we should be equally as passionate about conserving and protecting the fisheries where we catch and experience the fishing. This may require a different thought process in relation to method time and even place. The video above demonstrates one mans passion to protect and conserve with the ability to adapt in a changing angling environment. Now let me ask you a question – can you apply similar thinking… Read More

Posted on November 20, 2017

thinking long term

One of the big challenges is to get people to see the difference between the abstract goal of sustainability and taking responsibility for specific issues in specific places. Prof Harold Goodwin ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Denmark recently changed its rather strict regulation of coastal areas to facilitate development of “sustainable” tourism facilities. In your view, does the new regulation do justice to the holistic understanding of “sustainable tourism” as used in academia? Denmark’s coastlines have… Read More

Posted on November 10, 2017