A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim

Holger and Holger are returning home at the end of an interesting and challenging week. They had successes on both saltwater fly and lure in what remains a very unpredictable bass angling environment. Working extremely hard and never giving up, persisting and patient they got the results they deserved – a bonus for Irish angling tourism after a tough tough season. As the high pressure extended onwards towards the end of the… Read More

Markus Mueller – IFI – fly casts for bass Oh, it’s a long, long while from May to DecemberBut the days grow short when you reach SeptemberWhen the autumn weather turns the leaves to flameOne hasn’t got time for the waiting game. Source – September Song A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim

I’m just waiting for Holger, Holger II and Markus to arrive, hopefully in the next few moments – we are working on a small project this week to try and put something together for the publishing house of Rute & Rolle and Fisch & Fliege – bass fishing on the fly in Wexford. We all know at this stage its going to be very difficult, but working with people like Holger (… Read More

I have included on the bottom left hand panel of the site some informational journal extracts and publications in relation to bass, these are available as downloads. I have more which I will add over time some less technical others more so. I am not a scientist nor a fisheries biologist so most of the time find the interpretation of the reports to be difficult and a lot of the time beyond… Read More

Evening bass on the fly VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL The original plan was to work and build an editorial with a well known game angling magazine. I made a decision to postpone the editorial until later in the year anticipating an improvement in both weather and the fishing. John has been busy and hasn’t cast a fly since May, warming up with a short session and few casts late yesterday evening… Read More

I like things that are made by hand by people I have met and worked with. I have no hesitation in talking about Andy Elliot and his super saltwater flies or Brian Healey and his own incredible range. Working with people like Andy and Brian allows you to add a sense of individual contribution and creativity to a constantly evolving and changing product, a sense of self input of experience and instinct…. Read More

‘…..Ghost town and haunted loveRaise your voice, sticks and stones may break my bonesI’m talking loud not saying much’ A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim

GEOFISH Trailer from MOTIV FISHING on Vimeo. A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim