• 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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March 17–Wexford VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim

 Posted on March 17, 2013

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Seatrout and setters

Seatrout and setters VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL Polished and muscular and torsional. On their backs were vermiculate patterns that were maps of the world in  its becoming. Maps and mazes. Of a thing which could not be put back. Not be made right again. In the deep glens where they lived all things were older than man and they hummed of mystery. Cormac McCarty – The road

 Posted on February 27, 2013

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Direct foreign investment

Exporting the best of C+R bass angling from Co.Wexford       Saltwater Fly & Lure techniques Enjoy the series of filmed shorts made for bissclips.tv on the links below The Wolf of Wexford I The Wolf of Wexford II The Wolf of Wexford III The Wolf of Wexford IV Made over five days during the difficult season of 2013 with Holger, Holger and Markus. A nice experience working with down to… Read More

 Posted on February 22, 2013

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Mystery

 Posted on February 10, 2013

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Glowing

              John went lure fishing for sea trout today Landing Gear Rod: SMITH – Troutin Spin – Interboron Reel: Daiwa Fuega 2500 Line: Power pro 4kgs Leader: Grand Max Riverge Lure: Megabass Vision 95 Result: Happiness! Thank you so much for the rod I’m really impressed with its performance and the way it handled that Sea trout today. It’s a beaut of a rod and really… Read More

 Posted on February 9, 2013

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A bendy summer ahead ?

http://static.animoto.com/swf/w.swf?w=swf/vp1&e=1361532210&f=YHN807doa5f40cIgWFzgww&d=0&m=p&r=360p+720p&volume=50&start_res=360p&i=m&ct=Get%20One%20Here&cu=http://www.henrystackleshop.com&asset_domain=s3-p.animoto.com&animoto_domain=animoto.com&options= A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim

 Posted on February 7, 2013

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Some reflections –

‘I really enjoyed that email on your presentation Jim, and I’m glad you gave “our” Jean a look in as well. I had a great chat also with Will and Brian, they are genuine guys and I’d say great company to be with when fishing. Your stall was by far the most enjoyable. Keep the flag flying Jimbo’ _____________________________________________________________________ ‘Thanks Jim. I suspect I’m going to find that presentation very helpful this… Read More

 Posted on February 6, 2013

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Nine steps to better bass fishing from Hooked 2013

If you open the presentation above by pressing Open in a new window button (bottom right) and then start the slide show then more detail is available. I know the full extent of what I had to say wont come across but basically we are going through a tough period of bass fishing here in the south east. When its tough like this and oftentimes when its ‘normal’ there are some things… Read More

 Posted on February 4, 2013

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From Spring minnows to Autumn giants

To see some of the exciting range of bass flies that I have available, from early season mini flatwings to giant autumn/winter hollow fleyes then why not pay a visit to my stand at http://www.hooked.ie this weekend. All flies are hand tied in Ireland by Brian Healey. Easy to cast, durable, and ‘fishy’, bass and seatrout like them too. If your considering a venture into Saltwater fly then you’ll find a range… Read More

 Posted on January 31, 2013

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