Yesterday I had the company of my good friend Adrian O’Gorman on Pegasus. We had a few fish but with a nasty north wind blowing we cut our trip short. Our lines had ‘bellies’ in the wind with the boat swinging on the anchor so the comfort of a pint on a nice bar stool felt more appealing. Short …
Yesterday, my fishing companion on Pegasus was local man Gerry McCafferty. It was one of those rear ‘blue sky’ days and the mood was chirpy and cheerful as we zigzagged our way down the channel searching for new sandbanks. The estuary channel is in constant transition… nothing too drastic, subtle changes. Sand banks eroding on the western shoreline and enlarging on …
I have been looking forward to this opening day for some time now. Water surface temperature this morning was just over 9 degrees Celsius. About average for this time of year. I was delighted to see the heavy water had run off so, maybe… just maybe! My first clients were from Limerick… Vanessa Mitchell and …