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

 Posted on June 10, 2012

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bass-fishing.co.uk

This is a copy of the regular newsletter as posted by Justin Anwyl who has worked as a bass fishing guide in Chichester Hbr for the past ten years.   To all those caught by the fly… This year so far has been a tale of two halves as the very clement weather in March saw water temperatures get to 11.8 degrees and well above average for that time of year, only… Read More

 Posted on June 8, 2012

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Line Speed

A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim

 Posted on June 5, 2012

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PBF – Shortlisted for Tourism Award

Wexford Business Awards finalists announced Shortlisted Businesses demonstrate innovation, determination and resilience Over seventy of Wexford’s most innovative and resilient businesses from retailers to manufacturing have been announced as finalists in the 2012 Wexford Business Awards in partnership with Wexford County Council, the Environmental Protection Agency, Wexford County Enterprise Board, AIB and Wexford Chamber. The awards aim to recognise those individuals and businesses that represent entrepreneurialism, innovation, diversity and the talent needed… Read More

 Posted on May 31, 2012

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Angling and rural communities

Angling and Rural Communitieshttp://www.scribd.com/embeds/95402040/content?start_page=1&view_mode=list&access_key=key-11oy887o885y5ovnrkar One of the most important factors in promoting angling-based tourism in rural areas is balancing the desire for increased visitor numbers and associated economic growth with the potential social, economic, cultural and environmental impacts related to tourism development. This is a particular concern in rural areas where wild fish stocks may be more sensitive to increased angling pressure than commercial or stocked fisheries. There are two related issues… Read More

 Posted on May 31, 2012

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David Conn–ects today

Great Western Pike VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim

 Posted on May 29, 2012

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Unexpected availability – July

I have some unexpected availability during the summer due to a cancellation. This means both the self catering house at No 7 St Johns Road and the guiding service is available from July 28th through to August 04th (6 days – 7 nights) This is over a great set of tides and will be available at a slightly reduced rate. Should you feel like a bass fishing holiday in Wexford during that… Read More

 Posted on May 24, 2012

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Bass fishing in Ireland

http://w266.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http%3A%2F%2Fw266.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fii260%2Fjimhendrick%2FWexford%20-%20a%20bass%20fishing%20season%2F91c3f235.pbw A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim

 Posted on May 24, 2012

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If I cant catch you…

Alan Stewart during his stay in May – he’ll be back! A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim

 Posted on May 21, 2012

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