• 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 October 7, 2012

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Rebound – I’m living in the wrong country!

A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim

 Posted on October 5, 2012

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Wexford October Sky

After a week like last week its not easy to get back to ‘normal’. Normal for me exists out here with people under the sky. Its amazing how quickly a week goes, at times it lies before you, vast and with endless possibilities, and then suddenly its gone and then I am left without the great company I had for five intense, fun, challenging, interesting and incredible days. Thanks Rob and Ronan…. Read More

 Posted on October 4, 2012

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Head Hitters

Robert – October 01st VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim

 Posted on October 1, 2012

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Into the wild

I promise to spend as much of my time outdoors as I do looking at screens, and, by my advice and example, encourage others to do the same.   Project Wild Thing A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim

 Posted on September 30, 2012

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A surprise visit from Italy

I’m looking forward to meeting Angelo next week as he’s paying a surprise visit to Wexford for a few days. We did have something lined up some time back (here), unfortunately due to a few unexpected events we didn’t complete the opportunity. I am hoping that Angelo’s visit this week will lay the foundation for the saltwater fly project we had originally planned during the spring of 2009 Angelo has been a… Read More

 Posted on September 28, 2012

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the meaning of things

..the waves of the sea–beautiful, mysterious and insistent–drew me more and more to the path on the cliff whence I could watch them curl and break, and listen to their splash upon the sandy shore. I stood there on the afternoon of a calm day in early autumn at the time of low water of a spring tide. The little waves, gliding slowly in over the flat sands, bent round the ends… Read More

 Posted on September 22, 2012

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Smith & ‘Basson’

In Dan’s own words Sixth cast with a Z Claw ( skeletor) Medium size and she hit me very soft 20ft away, I’d absolutely no right to catch this bass as there was only 1 foot of clarity, she gave me a super fight and when I eventually landed her she was only barely hooked ( one hook on the outside). 9 lbs. 8 oz. , my best so far this year…. Read More

 Posted on September 18, 2012

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What happened to the fisherman’s dream?

Tell me, did it fade away?Did it fade on down to the oceanDid it fade awayDid it fade on down to the seaThe ocean and the sea. John Martyn – A fisherman’s dream   it came true! VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim

 Posted on September 15, 2012

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