Thursday, 7 July 2011
Tuesday, 5 July 2011
Three of their five a day
Dallas: Something has attached itself to him. We have to get him to the infirmary right away.
Ripley: What kind of thing? I need a clear definition.
Dallas: An organism. Open the hatch.
Ripley: Wait a minute. If we let it in, the ship could be infected. You know the quarantine procedure. Twenty-four hours for decontamination.
Dallas: He could die in twenty-four hours. Open the hatch.
Ripley: Listen to me, if we break quarantine, we could all die.
Lambert: Look, could you open the god-damned hatch? We have to get him inside.
Ripley: No. I can't do that and if you were in my position, you'd do the same.
Dallas: Ripley, this is an order. Open that hatch right now, do you hear me?
Ripley: Yes.
Dallas: Ripley. This is an order. Do you hear me?
Ripley: Yes. I read you. The answer is negative.
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I have some pet hates they are not big ones but they do exist. Matching the hatch for bass fishing is one of my favourites, opportunities for matching are often few and far between. Its very rarely these fish on the Wexford coast can afford to be selective. I ‘opened the hatch’ on a bass that we caught this morning and I found the following
A cuttlefish (.75kgs) two hard backed crabs and a giant sandeel – selectivity is generally not an issue!
The fish will be prepared in a local restaurant later today.
The Wexford Worm
Selby Knox from Bristol took this wonderful 4kgs fish this morning on a 7 inch Senko worm. The worm was fished weedless with an owner weighted twistlock hook.
This Weighted Twistlock™ hook employs the same hook as the 5132 Twistlock™, but also features a non-movable weight attached to the shank. Designed for both fresh and saltwater fishing. The hook’s added weight helps to sink or “swim” the bait into the strike zone. With its Twistlock™ “Centering-Pin-Spring” (CPS – patent pending), baits can be “permanently” secured by inserting the pin in the center of a soft plastic, which can then be screwed on the Twistlock™ coil spring to rig perfectly everytime! Ideal for weedless style fishing without having to add a separate weight. Great for fishing into deep cover and optimum fish lies. “Open” gap allows for more positive hook sets. Features include a 30° eye-bend, XXX-strong forged shank, Super Needle Point, and black chrome finish.
You can see more detail HERE for rigging and swinging worms and other lures too
The method Selby used is one which I demonstrate to my customers regularly and is closely related to the techniques of swinging flies for bass. Sometimes bass don't want retrieved lures they simply want food to drift to them with a drag free presentation, naturally under current. Having discussed drift and tidal flow and angles of all sorts of complexities Selby got my drift - retrieve free he hit this and several other fish too.
Monday, 4 July 2011
The importance of good loops
Jobst Seevers travelled from Kiel in Germany for a three day saltwater fly fishing holiday – he’s in pursuit of bass and has done very well so far taking fish both yesterday and today.
Best fish today ran to 3kgs
Friday, 1 July 2011
Illex element rider now available at SEAi
ELEMENT RIDER S210 and S240 plus a range of hard and soft baits from Illex
The S210 is designed specifically for fishing with soft lures like the Nitro Soft jerk and a Lightning Head. Can also be used with conventional lures in standard sizes! The ELEMENT RIDER S 210 H has been specially designed for vertically working heavy plastic lures.
Designed for casting from the shore the S 240 M and MH optional has a powerful yet light blank and is surprisingly sensitive through the tip section. Can be used to cast plugs and lures between 10g and 30g surprisingly long distances. The tip action is perfect for positively animating lures and the blank has plenty of reserve power ...
For more details go HERE
