Thanks very much for the words guys – its not so much a how to manual or anything like it, I’m afraid that’s kept for workshops, but it is a best personal attempt at what the fishing means to me. Since I started guiding full time in Wexford back in 2003 spending literally thousands of hours on the water it has been a unique experience in many ways. Yes we have caught many fish, big fish, NO fish, little fish but ultimately the customers who continue to want to return look for the complete experience – that’s what I hope to convey through the blog – a sense of realism of what bass fishing in Wexford is like.
Not all the data available transferred from the blog for instance 12 articles from last year as to what it means to be a bass fishing guide are only available on the side bar in links on the blog etc.
I have worked extremely hard like any self employed person to make it what it is, its not a sideline or a hobby – it’s a business based on many genuine years of bass fishing experience coupled to angling tourism and the unique challenges it presents. After seven years I still feel its only scratching the surface of the potential for a proper recreational fishery.
Gary – I still do a lot of lure fishing but tend to fly fish probably 90% of the time now. There are too many reasons why I don’t ‘do as much’ with it as I should!
