• 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

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

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Bass fishing Wexford

We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploration Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time   T.S. Eliot

 Posted on January 30, 2016

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A little about the fish

The fish that live on the Wexford coast are small in number and live in many disparate locations. Access to these populations of fish for the shore angler may begin as early as April and end usually in late October or early November. This is not always strictly the case as so many influences impact on the date range and the arrival or departure of fish. Fully mature bass undertake seasonal migrations from… Read More

 Posted on January 2, 2016

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Treasure

 Posted on December 22, 2015

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Life

I believe that saltwater fly-fishing for bass is about coastal experiences. So much of the fish is about the places where and when we find them. The things we see hear and smell on the way, there and back. The good moments, the fun, the challenges we face, the learning, the environments within which we find ourselves trying and reaching further, the weather and sometimes the company. All of these things creating… Read More

 Posted on December 8, 2015

Saltwater Fly Fishing–Week October 2016

I’m overwhelmed at this time. The response to this Workshop has been and continues to be phenomenal, so much so that rather than disappoint people I now find myself having to consider a new plan and a re-org.  A big thank you to everyone it has really surprised me. After the first of these events which I ran back in May 2013 in Co.Cork, details of which can be seen here I didn’t… Read More

 Posted on December 5, 2015

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Saltwater Fly Fishing Workshop 2016

A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim

 Posted on November 28, 2015

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Saltwater Fly Fishing Workshops Oct 2016 – Wexford

Bass fishing Wexford

Fly fishing Fly casting Fly tying The emphasis over the three days whilst not strictly placed on bass fishing is firmly based in the techniques used to catch them on the fly in Ireland. This of course also means if you wanted to catch stripers in the USA the workshops and the information will transfer to a large extent. Aspects of the workshops will also transfer to species like sea trout and… Read More

 Posted on November 19, 2015

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bait in the air – I

I wasn’t very happy at first. The line kept tangling, I kept missing my finger grip and shoot, my loops were wide open and hopelessly ineffective. I thought this was going to be easy, ‘100’-00″ casts in no time’ they said, plus with the added benefit of half the effort. It was mid November 2014 and I was learning to fish and cast  a DH 11′-0″ surf fly-fishing rod. I found myself… Read More

 Posted on November 10, 2015

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The opportunities created

Bass fishing Ireland Jim Hendrick

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Bassfishing Saltwater Fly – Jim Hendrick

 Posted on November 1, 2015

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Catch and Release

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