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”
Category Archives: Fishing in Ireland
Laziness
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”
LC blues
The day had to come I suppose. My last outing was a short session after work, broiling under a ferocious sun and wafting a rod at some trout who declined to rise. I fished on lazily, not bothering to change tactics or flies. Work had been tough that day so I was simply unwinding aContinueContinue reading “LC blues”
Perseverance
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”
Typical sessions
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”
Lil’ rainbows
I needed a break from all the coarse fishing I had been doing of late. I love my sessions with the float but a change to freshen things up felt right so I decided to try Pallas Lake near the village of Blue Ball in county Offaly yesterday evening. I will confess that laziness wasContinueContinue reading “Lil’ rainbows”
Sedge hooks
I wrote last time about some keel hooks I had acquired and now I want to discuss another oddity, the sedge hook. I first became aware of these in the 1980’s when they were marketed as ‘Yorkshire sedge hooks’ and they appeared in a number of patterns tied by the foremost reservoir fly fishers ofContinueContinue reading “Sedge hooks”
Keel hooks
A while back I bought some partly used packets and small boxes of fly hooks from a well know online purveyor of pre-loved goods. The photos accompanying said lot of hooks were none too clear, but for a small layout I thought it was worth the risk as I wanted to top up a fewContinueContinue reading “Keel hooks”
Of diggers and nippers
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”
Lift off
Most of the visiting anglers I meet on the western lakes are accomplished fly fishers with a vast array of tackle and tactics at their fingertips. Until quite recently they were much more adaptable than the locals who often stuck rigidly to short line wet fly. Switching to lures on HD lines, fishing tiny driesContinueContinue reading “Lift off”
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