New suit sir?

Yes...i have wanted this for a while now...........

http://www.typhoon-int.co.uk/products/surface/surface_drysuits/multisport_/

Some Pollack fun....

 

Out for some fly fishing fun and lots and lots of small Pollack ...but the weather turned bad and the wind came up, so had to cut it short.....

Night Paddle....

White Bay Cork harbour.

A fun day spent surfing in white bay...i still dont have a roll sorted out so many "ejects" were on the cards...even though the surf was mostly small...this was the wave of the day and nearly got me, but i slipped over it!
Looking for fish activity, there were large shoals of sand eels around, and thats about it...i saw one lesser spotted dog fish.... and there was an angler on the beach who didnt seem to be catching...but i could be wrong!

silly season continues....

Just in after fishing four hours of the flooding tide.
The mark is one of my favourites, and has produced many fish over the years...and tonight the tide and weather were perfect. I arrived to find the water clarity was great and a complete (almost) lack of weed...looking good I thought!
I fished away for a bit with no sign of anything and then moved to a deeper spot, and first cast a follow!
Nothing special...about 2 lb...and then another....and later another and again!
Then while fishing some red gill Evo. i had some mackerel pecking at the tail of the lure...all good signs!
Well after my fifth follow (that i saw!) things went quiet and later a mack hit and hooked on a 6 inch slug-go.....greedy bugger!
And that was it....
I went through various size hard and soft lures and tried all the tricks..even a top water!!
So my silly season continues...kayaking on Friday next so i will keep an eye out for any fish activity!
That's fishing!

Yet more Mullet madness....

Another mullet outing off the kayak, with a plan to catch one on a home made fly.

The fly was some sponge super glued on to a size 6 Drennan hook...this didn't work out though, because the sponge soaked the glue up and became hard to the touch.

A little squeezing of the fly softened it enough, although i wasn't fully happy with it.

So...an onion bag full of bread was deployed just after i anchored up, and things looked good.

Within minutes they came on the feed and out went the fly...bump!

They hit ...and i struck the line....oops... the hook came back minus the sponge.

On with another "sponge fly"..and again a fish lunged at it!

Again i struck, and the hook and line parted!! Oh my God...what is it with Mullet? OK time for a breather...i switched to bread flake on a free line size 6...and after several hits and missed bites, i finally connected to a very nice fish.....

the fight was on and some incredible head shaking and lunging here and there...then...pop!

The line and hook came back to me......fish off...gutted!

 



 

The swim totally died after this, and i moved around for hours, with only the odd fish slurping some bread...a few more missed bites and my sanity called for time out!

A little more tweaking of the fly is needed also  i think!!

A nice morning on the water though, and the weather was great!

 

 



Sovereign islands....

A trip with Phoenix Kayak Club last night...finished with some rescue practise...

https://picasaweb.google.com/100799116552005341391/September62012?authuser=0&feat=directlink

The Poor season continues.....

Its an excuse to play with the Go-Pro and video editing........