Flyfishing in Connemara always brings a smile and excitement to my life, and after a warm summer in Clare, I was keeping all fingers and toes crossed for September’s Connemara trip. Although all my outings are always fun and clients go home happy, you always want the red letter day, that little piece of magic to send the client home with a memory they will always remember fondly. So the last trip of the season came and my client and I drove in convoy up the motorway through the Galway traffic and out onto the Clifden road.  Galway to Clifden is a really epic

Hello Dear Friends, I hope this post finds you in good health and in good weather.  Here we are at the end of another season and I find myself in the winter rhythm of odd jobs I’m too busy for in the summer!   Yesterday was an interesting day; I drove to Dublin to purchase a little flyfishing boat I had my eye on for the past few weeks.  It’s a 13ft Sheelin boat-they are a renowned, agile little craft for navigating the rocky inlets and points of our Irish lakes, crafted out of fiberglass and teak with flyfishing and easy rowing in mind.