• 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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Teeth

A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim

 Posted on May 9, 2013

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Give me a reason

 Posted on May 8, 2013

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Notice of Public Information Meeting

Modernisation and consolidation of the legislation governing the inland fisheries sector DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS, ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES The Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Fergus O’Dowd, T.D. invites members of the public and interested parties to attend a public information meeting to canvass views on the major elements of new inland fisheries legislation, in advance of the statutory consultation period. Details of venues, dates and… Read More

 Posted on April 30, 2013

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A world away, I don’t think so!

Over the last few days the schoolie fishing has turned on across the Southern New England region. Many have been frustrated with the “long” (although some would say closer to normal) transition into spring. In any event the breeze has often been SW lately and the moon tides have put the the bait in gear. Now both recently arrived stripers and bait can be found in the bays and estuaries as one… Read More

 Posted on April 30, 2013

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Why the fly is cool!

A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim

 Posted on April 26, 2013

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I find the map and draw a straight line

A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim

 Posted on April 25, 2013

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Magic

A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim

 Posted on April 19, 2013

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Workshop weekend–Fly & Lure MAY 11th and 12th

Bass Fishing Workshop by JimHendrick http://www.scribd.com/embeds/136327508/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-122ex0tgv2miijhgifk2 If you happen to be attending the bass fishing workshop on Saturday May 11th – please find the details of our plan for the day above. Also please be aware that the weekend sits on a good tidal spectrum and low tide on Saturday is close to 13:30. This means we can actively fish the rising tide during the afternoon and into the evening. Sunday mornings… Read More

 Posted on April 16, 2013

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‘Wild Wexford’ leaflet includes bass

Wild Wexford by WexfordCoCo http://www.scribd.com/embeds/135386131/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-1joz7d2w73k19dntpcxv     Wexford County council invited submissions from all members of the community back in January of 2011, as mentioned HERE, this was to help plan how the biodiversity resources of our County would be protected and managed over the next five years. Some of the aspects they were interested in: •What do you think are the most important issues concerning biodiversity or nature conservation in Wexford?•What… Read More

 Posted on April 11, 2013

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