Duration:Sparkie, 4-30pm-11pm approx, rest of us , 6-30pm-11pm approx
Tide:high at 5-30 approx
Weather:Wet and windy
Bait:lug,squid,mack, sandeel
Rigs:allsorts.
Results:5xbeard rockling, coalies, doggies
Report:With the lads down for the Swords Show and Sparkie wanting to meet some of us from the site, I rang the font of knowledge that is Roger the Dodger and begged him to come up with a venue on the East Coast that would at least throw up a few fish
. When he finished laughing , and myself having discounted the "Bring 'em to the pub instead " option, it was decided to meet in Bray. With a strong Southerly wind and rain forecast we opted for the shelter of the pier rather than the beach. The rest of us arrived to see Roger and Sparkie set up and they had already had some fish , so there was hope 
.We then had all the introductions and with the wind and rain starting to get heavier we set ourselves up and prepared for a rough session. After a while the tripod was put away and I used velcro straps to tie the rods to the railings, then at least I could go and have a chat without worrying about the rods blowing over. Sparkie(Mark), had already had a couple of rockling when he then pulled in a doggie on sandeel, happy days. I had 2 rods out , one at distance with a 2up ,1 down set up carefully and professionally tied by young Jordan, who would put a lot of us to shame , and I was delighted when this rig caught me a rockling , on the bottom hook. My other rod was closer in , no more than ten yards out, and I caught 6 more rockling on this, on lug/squid combo. My lug were very large, and my main problem was getting them on the hook.The rain was fairly persistant at this stage and everyone was well soaked but the craic and banter was good as usual as we swapped stories and bitched about people who were supposed to be there but never turned up .We wont mention any names as its not fair, as there may have been medical or psychiatric reasons 
.By the way, Jordan was very disappointed not to have seen Fishface there , but he said I more than made up for it . I gave Jordan my close in rod to hold and within minutes he had reeled in a 5 beard rockling, then he dived for the car as he was wet through. Sparkie was still bringing in Doggies, while Roger on the other end had a coalie on plain squid to add to his tally of 5x beards. We fished on in the wind and rain for 4 hours, catching mostly rockling, but we were all well wrapped up so it was tolerable.Roger packed up and said his goodbyes, then Al and the Northern Crew started to pack up as they were heading to Clogherhead to fish through the night,,,,,,and I thought I was a glutton for punishment 
. The tide was well pushed out at this stage so we all packed up our wet gear and started the cars to warm up,,,,,,,,,one of the advantages of Bray Harbour .It's nice to hop into a warm car after a night like that. Still,,,,everyone caught a few fish, with Sparkie getting 2 doggies which at least put a bend in his rod so it wasnt so bad,,,and at least it wasnt bitterly cold. If it hadnt been for the torrential rain and gale force winds it would have been a relaxing experience.Good to meet up with some lads off the site and thanks to Roger for putting us on the fish I'm sure Al will add to this when he gets back from Clogherhead and i'm looking forward to the report EPILOGUE
Remember what I said about it being great getting into a nice heatedup car after a wet session
,,,well I drove out of the Harbour and into Bray, all was well , went about a mile and a half then I felt water drippindg down my neck. I still had my hat on, silly me,,,,,,,,,,but not only that, my headlamp was still on I'm sure Sparkie, who was behind me, had a good laugh 
well done on the beardies,did jordan use his new rod yet? 
