Richie Ryan is back to “ bassics” after recent storms

Richie Ryan tellus he managed to get back to “ bassics” [Ed’s note: His pun!] after the recent storms. The Eire Bass guide takes up the story…

When I see two storms in a week at this time of the year I cringe. Normally it means an end to the fly fishing as the fish move out to deeper water. To add to my woes there was a dredger working around the clock in the harbour thus ensuring water clarity was appalling.

Big (flies ) were the order of the day initially. No luck there. I got the client to switch to small bright flies and hey presto, success. A shoal of schoolie bass liked what they saw. A few to soft plastics by another angler kept him happy also. A move to another mark produced more small bass.

Initially at this location things weren’t looking so good. A

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switch to stripping the fly very fast produced instant success. One small change produced smiles. Over the two days we had close on 30 bass to the boat.

The next day I went out fly fishing on my own and stopped counting at 20 bass. Nearly all were small fish but isn’t it a great sign for Cork Harbour. If my experience of the bass tagging project has taught me anything it’s that these small bass will grow and return to the exact same marks. Here’s hoping !

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