Articles PageThese are samples of articles written about us in magazines.
"...for most of the year John works as a guide catering both for salmon and seatrout anglers and also for those who want a test of saltwater flyfishing. Actually the two types of fishing complement one another perfectly for, when conditions are calm and warm, and the salmon and seatrout refusing to take, the sea fishing is at its best making a welcome and exciting change from sitting on the beach.""...The beauty and diversity of the Kerry coastline means that mullet aren’t the only quarry available, bass and pollack too, are also there in numbers. While they can prove difficult at times, the fact that they take best at different stages of the tide means that, in good conditions, all three species may be sought and caught in a single day.""...The bass fishing can also be quite exceptional... The best catch last year was a remarkable 45 fish in a single day to John and two clients and, while he readily admits this was actually too easy, it shows the stamp of the fishing to be had."
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"... But this had its up side: it gave me time to see John tie flies. John has been tying flies since childhood, for trout and salmon then; now he ties beautiful bass flies, and his own patterns have developed through experience..."
"... We learned a lot from a man who knows his craft, both at the vice and with the rod. Fishing with John gave us every condifence, that feeling that the very next cast would catch a fish."
"... What I needed was an expert, a location with plenty of fish and a little luck - actually a lot. The expert can in the form of Irishman John Quinlan. A Tipperary man moved down to Kerry who ran a fishing outfit from his idyllic thatched cottage bed-and-breakfast home within casting distance of river, estuary and rocky seashore."
"... It is a fisherman's paradise with some of the finest and inexpensive salmon and sea trout fishing in Ireland."
"... John Quinlan has chosen his location well....A skilled and knowledgeable game fishing ghillie, John now offers exciting saltwater fly fishing when the river is low and laid down to its bones by a dry spell, or when hot, bright sun on the lough puts the fish down."
"... In five days I had learned more about river craft and the arcane skills of saltwater fly fishing that I would have done in a lifetime of my own."
"... John lives five minutes from good bass fishing, both surf and rock fishing is available to him.... Over the years he has developed his own bass flies, he has worked out which fly to use, in what conditions and now combines a fly fhsing guiding service with his B&B business."
"... As with all fishing, being at the right place at the right time is critical. With John's local knowledge we managed to catch 15 or so bass on the fly in the few days we were there."
"... We learnt a lot about saltwater fly fishing, things that we can put to good use back home. This trip proved that fishing with someone who really knows what they are talking about is invaluable. It gives you great confidence to try putting that knowledge into practice elsewhere - priceless!"
"... John & Lynn Quinlan have a B&B business just outside Waterville, County Kerry. John runs a guiding service, taking visiting anglers fishing for bass and pollack. He specialises in fly and plug fishing from the shore and uses bass bullets more than any other lure, but his way of fishing them is different!"
"... The few days I spent with Steve and John were interesting: I found a new way to fish bullets, I watched a carp angler fish without sleeping between bites and we all got wet, time after time. Oh, and the carp angler has become a convert to fly fishing in the saltwater; he caught the best fish of all - a five and a half pound bass on a fly he tied himself!"
