Bravehearts - thanks!
Thu Jul 12, 2012 2:28 pm
I left it for twenty-four hours and then e-mailed John. John lives in Sussex and arrives in Wexford on Saturday to fish for bass on the fly for four days. The mail of course informed him of the forecasted weather conditions for his visit, difficult to say the least!
At this time its still only a forecast…….
Giving John the option to cancel and in fact many other people too, is something that I've had to get used to over the past few weeks. This is not easy and its very very disappointing for customers who have made commitments and look forward to their days fishing. From a small business point of view its damned bloody difficult.
Getting people from both around the world and from within Ireland to come to Wexford to experience regular quality guided fishing is an exercise in itself, a task that needs constant attention, work and management.
It just doesn’t happen spontaneously! When customers do arrive many other aspects of the job kick into place, guiding, gear, transport, food, location timings…this is what a guide does, no problem!
By default in the middle of June July August or September in Ireland one should expect ‘reasonable’ weather where the fishery will operate normally to a large extent. In other words with all the other aspects of the job falling into place after months and years of hard work only to be thwarted at the last furlong by something beyond your control is indeed tough.
Other guides worth their mettle and working in Ireland will surely recognise and appreciate this. Realising there’s already enough to deal with at this time, they will already know the reality and the extent of the difficulty and what’s involved!
It doesn’t need to be made more difficult by anybody who doesn’t understand or appreciate that, and I'm not talking about customers here.
So I made a decision this morning, a necessary and tough one – but John made a braver one, he called me, he’s coming to weather the storm!
Thanks to John, and David, and JeanYves and Neil....
At this time its still only a forecast…….
Giving John the option to cancel and in fact many other people too, is something that I've had to get used to over the past few weeks. This is not easy and its very very disappointing for customers who have made commitments and look forward to their days fishing. From a small business point of view its damned bloody difficult.
Getting people from both around the world and from within Ireland to come to Wexford to experience regular quality guided fishing is an exercise in itself, a task that needs constant attention, work and management.
It just doesn’t happen spontaneously! When customers do arrive many other aspects of the job kick into place, guiding, gear, transport, food, location timings…this is what a guide does, no problem!
By default in the middle of June July August or September in Ireland one should expect ‘reasonable’ weather where the fishery will operate normally to a large extent. In other words with all the other aspects of the job falling into place after months and years of hard work only to be thwarted at the last furlong by something beyond your control is indeed tough.
Other guides worth their mettle and working in Ireland will surely recognise and appreciate this. Realising there’s already enough to deal with at this time, they will already know the reality and the extent of the difficulty and what’s involved!
It doesn’t need to be made more difficult by anybody who doesn’t understand or appreciate that, and I'm not talking about customers here.
So I made a decision this morning, a necessary and tough one – but John made a braver one, he called me, he’s coming to weather the storm!
Thanks to John, and David, and JeanYves and Neil....
Last edited by JimH on Fri Jul 13, 2012 9:16 am, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Bravehearts - thanks!
Thu Jul 12, 2012 2:47 pm
Hopefully you guys get some fish. Sometimes just being out there is enough to calm the soul.
Re: Bravehearts - thanks!
Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:38 pm
Well I hope for their bravery they are rewarded with good weather and great fishing they deserve it. 
Yappo
Yappo
Re: Bravehearts - thanks!
Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:53 pm
Things didn't look good for David either, and then http://westcorkbassfishing.blogspot.ie/ ... start.html Well done Jim.