• 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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A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim

 Posted on August 16, 2012

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Experiencing a new (hopefully temporary) reality

Its certainly a new challenge for me and my business, the decreasing numbers of fish that is! Lets be honest here there’s no avoiding it, bass are largely absent from our coasts at this time. Talking about it openly has its risks and of course its own complications regarding the possible reasons any or all of which could be a cause for their absence. Funny thing though, there’s largely a BIG silence… Read More

 Posted on August 8, 2012

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Crackedberry

If you have been trying to contact me via 086 344557 or text to this number during the past 36 hrs – I havent been able to reply as I sat on my phone on saturday afternoon! Just replaced it this morning and doing all the usual updates etc. Apologies – Jim A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim

 Posted on August 6, 2012

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Out of the blue

‘offshore’ bass on the fly VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim

 Posted on August 2, 2012

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First bass and a great offshore trip too!

Father and son, taking ‘em deep VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim

 Posted on July 30, 2012

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Where are my keys? Oh I left them in my hat!

Dear Jim,Many thanks for last week. We had a fantastic time and would like to repeat the experience next year. I will follow your site with great interest on the wider issue of what is causing catches to fall, and will hope soon to see a reversal. It’s clear that something unusual is going on and one only hopes that it is something cyclical. But it was a great couple of days… Read More

 Posted on July 30, 2012

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I saw this and I thought of you

A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim

 Posted on July 27, 2012

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Fishin’

A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim

 Posted on July 25, 2012

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Bass in surf

Taking ’em shallow VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim

 Posted on July 23, 2012

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