Category Archives: coarse fishing

When does dedication slip into lunacy? This evening appears to be when I slid over the divide as I went fishing in what can only be described as a monsoon. It had been building all week you see, that urge to get out with a rod and relax on the bank. Work was not terribleContinueContinue reading “July”

As a young fella I tried my level best to cram in all of the seven the deadly sins most weekends. I damn near succeeded on a few occasions but these days I set my sights much lower and can really only be justifiably accused of laziness. I’m not talking about spending each day inContinueContinue reading “Laziness”

Regular readers will no doubt be fed up of my recent whinging about missing my trout and salmon angling this year due to work commitments. There is a positive to this though, I am getting to know the canals around me in the middle of Ireland a whole lot better. Even on those evenings whenContinueContinue reading “Perseverance”

Back home. It is Friday evening and I have driven back to Mayo after another week away in the midlands. The days are flying by and it is hard to figure where this year is going. It was just the other day when I was scraping frost of the windows of the car each morning.ContinueContinue reading “Typical sessions”

It has been a tough week. The first few days back in the reality of my job after a holiday were never the best but work was unremittingly stark and even when I went fishing for a couple of hours things did not work out as I had planned. Such is life and the minorContinueContinue reading “Of diggers and nippers”

A pleasant evening tempted me out with rod and line again but this session was a bit of a muddle truth be told. The Royal canal beckoned again but I wanted to try out a section that was new to me. I drove up to the stretch at Shandonagh Bridge, a few miles to theContinueContinue reading “Wrong place at the right time”

As I widen my circle of potential fishing sites within range of my digs, the Royal canal around the midlands town of Mullingar has come under the microscope. In days gone by this part of the canal was famous for big bags of tench as well as some very good roach but the word onContinueContinue reading “Ballinea”

The rain has been tipping down down for couple of weeks now in the West of Ireland. I had been fearing a drought after the cold dry months of January and February but the land has received a good soaking since then. Standing water in the fields and swollen drains bear testament to the changeContinueContinue reading “Rainy Roscommon”