Grape vine

I hear the Cod are in East Cork.......

change of tactics needed

Well got there and set up.. and when i got out on the water i had a feeling of " nothing going to happen today"
I was right...
I saw two fish break surface on what was glass conditions...very little sign of life, and lots of more winter type birds around.
Must switch to bait...its hard to do after a long summer of playing with toys!!
A few pics... it was heaven on the water, then the fog came and i buggered off quick sharp!

Day to night....

cold feet.......

One of the problems when winter fishing off the kayak is getting cold feet.
Last year i found that with the dry suit and layers under it, i was toasty, but the old hooves were very cold.
I was using open cell neoprene short booties and when they get wet, the cold comes through to the pinkies.
So i just got some equestrian yard boots (closed cell neoprene wellies!)and some high tog socks.
The boots were got online and were cheap, the socks were got from a farmers Co-Op.
I will test them during the coming months and edit this post with the results.

weather turning nasty

Its blowing mad outside now...and that's a pity... the tides are big this weekend and the chances of Bass are slipping away now...
Don't know if i will get out......

Where did the G.G's go?

Out today on the yak at the same spot i fished last Monday evening.
Not a sign of any fish!
The thing is...there were thousands of em here 5 days ago!!
Thats fishin...????
To the guy i met on the Merry Fisher... i had no luck..hope you did better!

till next time......

flies......

Someone asked me about the flies i used in the last post,
The mullet like the Czech Nymph...bead head.. i think it was olive and amber colour..
The small Bass went for a bread/egg fly in all white....
The Problem with this mark is the number of mullet... there are so many close together, you end up getting line knocks and foul hooks... but a slow retrieve seems to get a take or two..

Golden Grey Mullet soup.

Kayak(s): P 13
Duration:2.5 hrs
Tide:flooding 3.9 meter
Weather: windier than expected (not me )
Bait: flies
Rigs:9# fly rod wit floating weight forward line and drennan 10lb leader tipped with 4lb fluoro and size 12 flies
Results: one Golden Grey ...two school Bass.. and lost two golden grey Report:paddled out to the spot and it was mullet soup... fished away and foul hooked and landed a G.G.
...then ..hooked up a perfect take in front of the yak and my line-joining knot gave way .....5h1t!
again got a perfect take and the fly popped out of its mouth....
really bad luck and getting a dent in me carma...
Later changed to a bread/egg fly... and hooked up straight away... a school Bass... had another, three casts later, and they wreaked the flies!
Getting dark now and i had planned to stay out if calm but it was too lumpy and getting worse..
home James... Very enjoyable but pity it was rough...
i would have got more in the dark im sure...
safety first!