Breathless at Block Eairy River
Block Eairy Reservoir is our highest reservoir on the Isle of Man. I had a report that there were fish in the river that feeds it so when I had a few hours I took the opportunity to see if I could (...)
Tags:Keeping Dry in Laxey
Laxey Glen is a little higher up than I've fished before. I had a walk in the glen, to have a look, earlier in the year but this is the first chance I've had to fish it. Bank holiday Monday was (...)
Tags:Lessons Learnt in Glen Helen
Anyone reading my blog will know I've been struggling with bouncing fish off and wondering what that was all about. I wanted to blame the relative stiffness of the rod and devised a pole elastic (...)
Tags:- Fishing,
- Glen,
- Glen Helen,
- Isle of Man,
- Neb,
- Report,
- River,
- Tenkara
Bouncing Trout on Tenkara
It's been a bit of a frustrating couple of sessions recently. I've been bumping fish off when I've been in very close contact with the fly. Not one to be beaten by a problem I investigated a few (...)
Slippery as Glass!
New flies tied and itching to get on the river. The River Glass was my chosen river for an evening. A little above Tromode is a business park with easy parking to access the water.
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