Earlier this year I treated myself to a new piece of kit to celebrate my (semi)retirement. I know, just stopping work is not the most original of excuses but it was about the only way I could justify to myself the substantial spend on something as basic as a chair to park my bum onContinueContinue reading “New chair”
Category Archives: coarse fishing
I do like Mondays
Fishing on Monday evening has now become a ‘thing’ for me. I stay in digs each Monday night so I make use of the free time between the end of my working day and darkness by fishing somewhere in the Irish midlands. This Monday I decided to re-visit an old haunt and do a bitContinueContinue reading “I do like Mondays”
Third time lucky?
Those of you who have been following my fishing exploits recently will know that I fished a little lake in Co.Sligo twice recently, neither time being a particular success. Finlough looks like it should be a good spot and I have it on good authority that it can be excellent on its day. Ever theContinueContinue reading “Third time lucky?”
Blackrock
Is it just me or has this year been uncommonly windy? It feels like every day there is a gale blowing. The weather forecast, never overly accurate at the best of times, seems to be totally out of touch with what actually happens this season. Here we are in July and the weather remains coldContinueContinue reading “Blackrock”
Triple shot
An unremarkable trio of short outings over the past few days least got me out in the fresh air if nothing else. I seem to be stuck in some sort of glitch in the fishing matrix these days, my only solace being the all my fishing acquaintances are similarly struggling to make decent catches. 1.ContinueContinue reading “Triple shot”
A day of two halves
With the game fishing around here still in the doldrums I decided to get out the coarse rods again and try a couple of venues in south county Sligo. Firstly I planned to give Finlough one more go, mainly on the back of word from a fellow angler that there were tench in that weeContinueContinue reading “A day of two halves”
Finlough
Yesterday was supposed to be spent ghillieing on Lough Conn, but the client had to postpone at the last minute so instead I had an afternoon to myself. Half a tub of maggots were still in the bait fridge so it made sense to use them up, the question was where? As you drive northContinueContinue reading “Finlough”
Corgar
As promised, I headed off for a spot of coarse fishing today. The trout fishing on the western loughs is poor to say the least so I figured I would get back into the float and feeder game again. Anyone with any sense would have picked a venue close at hand for their first sessionContinueContinue reading “Corgar”
Tackling the weeds
This is an old post from a few months ago which I had forgotten to put up! (To my shame this is not uncommon, there are currently about 30 posts which I started but didn’t get around to finishing and sticking up on this blog. I scribble my doggerel easily enough, it is the postingContinueContinue reading “Tackling the weeds”
Ruddy wet evening
‘Soft.’ That’s what they call it here. In Scotland we would say it was pelting cats and dogs, in London they would be building an ark. It was a grand soft evening so I ventured out with the rods in the bucketing rain and drove up to Keenagh in county Longford. Here, a basin onContinueContinue reading “Ruddy wet evening”
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