• 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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Does Recreational Angling contribute to the economy? Inland Fisheries Ireland(IFI) has appointed Tourism Development International (TDI) to undertake a Socio-Economic Survey of Recreational Angling in Ireland. The overall objective of the survey is to establish the current volume and value of domestic and overseas recreational angling in Ireland. It will run over the course of 2012.Pike, coarse fish, bass, salmon, sea trout, brown trout and sea anglers will all be invited to… Read More

 Posted on March 22, 2012

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Soft and fluffy – thank you!

The presentation that I made for Hooked Live is also available through the slideshare on line presentation software – I purchased the option just before the show to make the SS available through an embed on PBF. Today, long after I had forgotten about my account creation I received and auto email from slideshow telling me that more than 1,000 people have viewed or downloaded the slideshow. I hope that it has… Read More

 Posted on March 18, 2012

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Happy St Patricks Day

A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim

 Posted on March 17, 2012

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Catch and Release

CATCH & RELEASE from Chris Campbell on Vimeo. A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim

 Posted on March 15, 2012

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Who’s eating what and when?

Sand smelt by Brian Healy today. A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim

 Posted on March 12, 2012

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Why do bass choose to eat strange things?

The full version of the presentation – nice to meet some people on Saturday and thanks for the support – this is the full version of the slide show with the details Bass fishing in ireland   View more presentations from jimhendrick   A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim

 Posted on March 11, 2012

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Its good to talk

Steve and I have shared a few e-mails over the past few years I opened this one from Steve this morning. ___________________________________________________________________ Hi Jim, Hope all is well in Ireland. Do you remember last year I asked you about catching Gilthead Bream on the RA Pop. As you was so helpful I thought I’d give you a little update on how my season panned out!. Firstly I never managed a Gilthead although… Read More

 Posted on March 6, 2012

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Soft and Fluffy – At Hooked Live

Soft and Fluffy – Why do bass choose to eat strange things? I will be making a short presentation at the Hooked Live show on Saturday morning March the 10th. Thanks to Mark I can squeeze in some time and discuss with you some of the experiences I have had over the years with both soft baits and saltwater flies whilst bass fishing. This is not a ‘how to’ presentation but rather… Read More

 Posted on March 1, 2012

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A Polar explorer, an Archaeologist, and a Five Star Chef.

Whilst on the way to fishing yesterday with Ken, high in the sky I heard and then saw a skylark, what a sound and what a day to be out in good company. The workshop season has gotten of to a flying start in the last few days and it never ceases to amaze me as to the people who are interested in bass fishing. I have been visited by the guys… Read More

 Posted on February 29, 2012

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