Hi Vincent, thank you for such a beautiful tribute to Dad. You held a special place in his heart and he got a great kick out of your great humour and zest for life. Dad and my whole family would have gladly exchanged all the hooks in the shop for the lifetime of friendship and support you have given. 60 or whatever age, you will always be that little boy to Dad that he gladly sent on your way fishing. Happy Birthday and get out and catch a fish. George.
ThankS George for your kind comment. Your dad was a true gent and very wise as are you. I'll be back in soon into Murray's the best tackle shop in the world. As i need to get back out and catch a fish. LOL.
Twice in my life time i stole that i remember. Once was the hooks and once was a tomatoe and that's another story 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Thanks for the funny comment. Cheers.
I was worried about your organizational skills until your tape idea! What a smashing memory of Mr. O'Connell. You always find a way to make me feel good and nearly cry at the same time. Hide your wife's charity bag!
Thanks for your lovely comment cheers. Don't want to make you cry unless your crying with laughter that would be perfect. Thanks for watching. Thanks for the great advice I'll hide the charity bag.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Watching your films, Vincent ... I fell in love with beautiful IRELAND, your lovely guitar playing and peaceful, gentle life! I also learned to appreciate the art of fishing too even though I don't fish. Hope to visit your country in person one day!
Hi my friend. Hope life is treating you very well. If you come to Ireland bring a strong umbrella.😂😂😂😂 weather is very wet. That's why the Irish have a reputation of being drinkers. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 cheers. If you pardon the pun 😂😂😂😂😂😂
In my country it starts all different dates 17th of January. First of February 14th of February to name but a few. Some places or as late as April. All still since the English landlords i believe we're here. LOL. Thanks my friend for your great comment. Cheers.
WOW Happy Birthday for your 60th. DEFINITELY do the things that make you happy. 2 blokes my age have died in the last 2 months and another has just been diagnosed with cancer. All 3 ranging between 41 and 58. Life is too short to be unhappy every day. God bless you Vincent. 🙏
Your a wise man. Mr O Connell lived to 94 years of age. A great man. Delighted that i knew him. Thanks for your wise comment. Cheers. Best of health to you may you live to 200 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Happy Birthday Vincy, you’re only as old as you feel, so keep at it… there’s a great season ahead. Nice tribute to John O’Connell, got lots of stuff in Murrays over the years and my Dad before me. I’d say you more than made up for those hooks with all the gear you got over the years. Tight lines
It will definitely catch a big fish, Vincent, your yellow, leggy spring inspired wonder. Good to see you preparing for the new season. All the best from Donegal.
Cheers thanks for watching. Hopefully I'll get out soon. Weather's not great at the moment please God it will improve very very soon. Then we will all get out and catch a fish. 😊
Glad you enjoyed it thanks so much for your lovely comment. Cheers. Must get out soon fishing and make a new video. Weather is Ireland has been very bad so far. But fingers crossed I'll get out again soon. Thanks again for your lovely comment. Cheers.
Hi Vincent happy to see you getting ready for the fishing season ! Happy birthday though I’m a bit late … Great to see your fly tying skills and listen your guitar again. Have a super fishing season ! All the best. 🍾🍾🍾👍👋👋👋
Thanks so much for your lovely comment and it's never too late. LOL. GLAD YOU ENJOYED IT. Must get out fishing soon weather in Ireland is terrible at the moment cold raining and depressing. It can only get better. LOL.
Hi Vincent, Great to see you back for a new season ahead. Happy Birthday too. I'm 58 this week not long till the big 60 eh. I wonder if i will feel any different in 2 years time. As long as i have my fishing gear and channels like yours to watch i'm sure i will still be a happy contented man. I must apologise for not messaging much last season. I'm up at midnight each day for work and it's full on. Sad to hear the passing of Mr O' Connell. I remember him featured in your previous videos with his happy smiling face. Life is too short and as you always say be happy. Never a truer word Vincent as we don't know what lies ahead. Hopefully some big fish. Cheers for now Vincent. Stevie in Scotland.
Hi stevie my friend great to hear your working away. Its true you never know what's around the corner. One day at a time sweet Jesus. Hope you don't work too hard and enjoy a bit of fishing this year stevie. Mind yourself and as you say be happy. Thanks for watching and commenting cheers for the chest stevie. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Does tying a fly take patience or insanity 😮! Neither just a flask of whiskey 🥃! lol. Spring. huh bring on fly tying season I say😂! That fry pan and oil I agree both essential can always be useful! And you never can find that tape when you need it. It was a lovely video great Job sir😊!
Very cool Vincent. You are a much more patient man than I am. I could never tie flies. But I can take chest medicine while watching my favourite Irish RU-vidr. 👍👍
Remember Robbie you don't need patients for doing something you love. 😂😂😂😂 Great to hear from you thanks for watching and commenting. Our weather is miserable at the moment. Please God it will start improving and I'll be back frying sausages on the bank of the lake and getting drunk. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Mind yourself out there with all your poisonous critters. 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Great to have you back Vincent and a happy 60th birthday to you. I see you have the same type of organization as myself when it comes to tackle storage! There's nothing worse than a jumbled mass of lures and spinners! I've just finished a week's fishing on the river Tay. Absolutely useless! One kelt and a trout. At least I didn't blank and it's better than work I suppose. Such a shame about Mr O'Connell. He looked like a great chap from what I've seen in your videos. 'Proper' fishing shops are few and far between these days. What a great story that was about those hooks and carrying a fifty-year guilt!! I bet you were a right little character! Hope you and the lads over there all have a great season and once again it's great to have you back.😄
Hi my friend always great to get a comment from you. Mr O Connell or Mr Murry as i called him was such a lovely man. I know you will appreciate this story Mr Murry told me. His dad was in his day a famous fisherman he was in a couple of clubs and fished competitions and had a big handy cap placed on him and still always won first prise. Mr Murry told me he was out fishing with his dad one day. It was a hot Summers Day and he caught nothing under the blue sky with the sun beaming down. He decided to sit down at the waters edge having his lunch. He was watching a cow standing in the middle of the river cooling down. His father was coming down the bank towards him and asked his son did he cast between the cows legs? Mr Murry said No. His father got close to the cow and cast his fly expertly between the cows legs and instantly hooked a monster of a trout and landed the great fish. He explained to his son that the big wary trout in the river had learnt that the cow is his friend and coming close to the cow he will get a free feed from the grubs and insects and little fish disturbed from the cow kicking up the mud and stones. The smaller trout are afraid of the cows but the big trout has learnt they are his friend. I never ever ever would have thought of casting next to the cow in the river. His dad must have been a fishing genius you would never ever think of such a thing. Hope next time your out you catch a monster salmon maybe between the cows legs. I know your going to give it a go.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Thanks for watching and commenting cheers for the chest. Best of luck for the new season salmon ninja. 😊
@@vincentdonnellymadirishman5158 😂😂😂 Fantastic story! I'll cast my fly between anything's legs if it catches me a fish! It makes sense the cow disturbing the water. I know there's a thing called 'shuffling' which is illegal when you're fishing for grayling. You kick up the gravel/mud whilst wading and the grayling move in to feed. Mr O'Connell was clever as he got the cow to do the illegal act!😂
Happy birthday Vince. Tight lines for the new season. A lovely tribute to John O Conell a pure gent. He has looked after four genarations of my family. As you said he allways had time for people. He will be sorely missed❤❤❤
Absolutely he used always bless my fishing tackle that i bought from him to help me catch a fish. Don't know how I'm now going to get on now i might to take up a new hobby LOL. Thanks for watching and commenting cheers.
Your shed looks a lot like my garage. You probably don't hear as much from your wife about it since she doesn't have to see it every day. 😂 I'm excited for the season. Hope you have a good one. 👍
Best of luck with your fishing you catch lots of fish. I need lots of prayers 😂😂😂 not catching much these days think I've lost my Toutch. 😂😂😂 Thanks for watching and for your lovely comment. Cheers.
Welcome back with a spring in your step and I hope you get to celebrate your 60th year on this Goldilocks planet by catching that elusive Salmon of Knowledge, but even if he escapes your clutches once again you can console yourself knowing that you have accumulated wisdom beyond your years. Mr. O Connell created a lasting legacy not just for his sons but for all 8 year old kids who dream of hooking their first 🎣 fish. Murray’s shop window and its vast array of sporting accessories was always a great marvel to me and many a kid from town & country whenever passing bye, Rest in Peace Mr. Murray Ó C.🙏🏻
Cheers. Please God we will get some nice weather in Ireland this year and I'll be out fishing and making lots of videos. 😊 Thanks for watching and commenting cheers
Happy sixtieth Vincent and good to see you back. I was in Cork recently and saw Murray's shop - bang in the middle of town. Best of luck for the season ahead and looking forward to keeping up with your adventures.
Thanks for watching and for your lovely comment please God I'll make loads of videos this year and get a lot of fishing done as well and drink lots of Jameson and eat lots of fries. 😊
What a beautiful tribute to Mr O Connell... And you my friend are nothing but a Big Kid (Happy Birthday) Your love for Life shows through in every video. The priority items that you packed in your bag are nothing but fun, fun, fun... let the season begin 😊 ✌️
Fun is my favourite word I love it. Thanks for your lovely Fun comment glad you enjoyed my video. Comments like yours one makes it all worth the effort.
Nice to see your fly-tying and preparation for the new season. That Irish humor and your pure artistic talent are truly remarkable. Tight lines, kindest thoughts and Birthday wishes from down under in NZ.
Nice to see you back and looking too bad for a old fellow hope you had a very injoyable birthday I'm guessing no drinking was involved 😂. Nice tribute to your friend RIP. Goodluck for the new season 🎣 🥃🥃
Thanks so much for the compliment. I'm told i don't look 60 years old I'm told i look 20 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I'm 60 but i feel 100 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. Mr O Connell lived to 94 that's a great age. Hopefully I'll make the 100 and get the money your given for living that long. I met a woman an old woman i knew to see, she was with a very tall old man it was her husband. I said hello she said to her husband look it's the train man. She told me they very celebrating his 100 birthday that very day i asked him his secret he told me Jameson a glass a day or two with a wink. So I'll probably live till I'm 200 😂😂😂😂😂 cheers for the chest.
Welcome back Vincent can't wait to get back fishing I was sorry to hear of Mr o connells passing a gentleman god rest his gentle soul tight lines Vincent
Happy Birthday Vincent. Another great video with plenty of food for though. Just read Mr O Connell’s obituary: clearly a much loved and respected man. RIP. Tight lines for the upcoming season…🙏
Thanks for your great comment. 😊 cheers means a lot. Mr O Connell a lovely man. I'd love to have been born 30 years earlier and went fishing with him. He used fish up in the mountains in Waterville but he caught lots and lots of fish. He had the best stories. The best.
enjoy the spring fishing... I hope you will catch a big one.. Enjoy thy stream, O harmless fish, And when an angler for his dish, Through gluttony's vile sin, Attempts, the wretch, to pull thee out, God give thee strength, O gentle trout, To pull the rascal in. Here's to our fisherman bold, Here's to the fish he caught; Here's to the one that got away, And here's to the one he bought.🤣🤣 fishing season has not begun where I am at Manitoba Canada still has ice on its 100,000 Lakes however there are people ice fishing it's been a very warm winter and many men and women are petrified of going on to thin ice last year it was 4 ft thick in some places this year we're lucky that it's even a foot cheers have a drink on me
Wow thanks for your great comment a great story. Mind yourself out on the ice if you go out onto the frozen lake. I'd love to do that type of fishing. Sounds great.
Cheers. Thanks for watching and for your lovely comment. Cheers. Looking forward to getting out fishing and hopefully catch a fish and make some videos. 😊
Hey! You're the 'Train Video Guy'! Maybe you and Vincent ought to collaborate, given his 'day job' - or would that be one 'artistic temperament' too many?! 🤔😁
Bonsoir et merci pour cette vidéo !! heureux de vous retrouver , se hangar me semble rempli de souvenirs anciens et de rêves futurs , la pêche commence dans cet endroit . Voilà une bien belle histoire.... portez vous bien et au plaisir de vous visionner à nouveau . Cordialement , Alain.
Thanks my man. Haven't been up to Belfast in 52 years. I'm happy down in cork. We are probably related. 😂😂😂😂😂 Thanks for watching and commenting cheers. Hopefully I'll make some good ones this year hope you enjoy them. Thanks again.
Happy 60th and Rip Mr O Connell…. 🙏🏻 He sounded like a true gent.. he definitely knew what you were at, sure your still mad… 😀 take care and tight lines 🎣
Asap 😂😂😂 hopefully the weather in Ireland will start to pick up a bit. Still very cold in the evenings and I've turned soft. 😂😂😂😂😂 Thanks for watching and commenting cheers.
I'm hearing that if you want an anglers fancy and engine best place to get a good deal is in waterville. Last time and very last time I took a fish finder. Scoured the whole lake and lies....not a fish to be seen. Only 3 fish about 5lb on the ledges. So cheap boats abound !
We live in hope things can only improve, you can't beat the beauty of the place and the good crack out for the day on the lake with friends and a night around a camp fire. A fish is always a bonus. Each to their own. Where ever your fishing these days hope your having fun and getting some sport.
@@williamavery9185 I understand that you won't be back to fish waterville anytime soon thats obvious. So forget about the past and move forward and get on with your life be positive and get out and catch a fish somewhere anywhere but not waterville. I wish you the very very best and i hope you catch a big fish. Best of luck Vincent the mad fisherman.
@@vincentdonnellymadirishman5158 Thanks for the reply. I'm now expat living in tropics. Last fished your lake 20yrs ago...no .. so fished salt water . Learning curve but fun. But now I have the big C and fish no more. Saddens me as my father took me there in 1973, hired a boat. And caught so many fish in our 3 days , all on the fly. Stayed at a pink BnB on the seafront. Memories eh.
