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• Tenkara vs. The Whip

  Tenkara rods get compared with roach poles/whips/crappie rods and every other (...)

• Why use eyeless hooks?

  Eyeless hooks are hooks without an eye or a spade end. They have a straight (...)

• Putting on Easy Keepers

  Putting on Easy Keepers is relativly straight forward with plenty of reviews (...)

• Titanium Tenkara Lines

  Not all titanium lines are created equal. You see titanium lines are not made (...)

• Tenkara Casting and Rods

  I handled a lot of Tenkara rods from early models, that cast like a wet noodle, (...)

• Modern Tenkara

  What is modern Tenkara all about? Tenkara is more than the tools. The tools (...)

• What is Tenkara?

  Tenkara History Tenkara can trace its history back well over 2000 years to (...)

Articles (31) Show more results Show fewer results

• Silverburn River

  Having blanked the morning in Santon Gorge the Silverburn is only down the road (...)

• River Glass - Tromode

  Got the afternoon to myself Good Friday and I was going to head to Peel and the (...)

• Santon Gorge

  Not the easiest of places to get to but very beautiful. I decided to start (...)

• Colby River

  This is the first time I've fished this river. The lower waters are controlled (...)

• Rivers Dhoo and Glass - NSC

  My son was playing hockey at the National Sports Center (NSC) which fortunately (...)

• Cornae River

  Cornae River has a good run of sea trout and salmon as well as a healthy (...)

• Laxey River - Town Section

  Yesterday was Cornea and today it was the turn of Laxey. I must confess that I (...)

• Groudle River - Molly Quirks Glen

  Molly Quirks Glen is a place I used to play as a boy in primary (...)

• Time at the Vice

  The weather has been appalling so I tidied up my desk and pulled out my vice. I (...)

• Slippery as Glass!

  New flies tied and itching to get on the river. The River Glass was my chosen (...)

• Lessons Learnt in Glen Helen

  Anyone reading my blog will know I've been struggling with bouncing fish off (...)

• Keeping Dry in Laxey

  Laxey Glen is a little higher up than I've fished before. I had a walk in the (...)

• Dance a Different Jig

  I've been away fishing on the Welsh Dee which gave me some time to test various (...)

• Breathless at Block Eairy River

  Block Eairy Reservoir is our highest reservoir on the Isle of Man. I had a (...)

• Opening Season 2016- Glen Maye

  Opening day was the day before but the constant rain and flooded rivers really (...)

• Onwards to the Hills

  I opened the season in Glen Maye. The River continues to to Glen Rushen before (...)

• Don't let it sink!

  I've had a bit of a sort out and filled a box with some more traditional wet (...)

• Doomed in the Glen!

  There is a Glen in the Isle of Man called Dhoon Glen. It has some stunning (...)

• The Secret Valley

  The Isle of Man is only a small place but there are many fishing opportunities. (...)

• Opening Day 2017

  Opening day is a special day for most fishermen. On the Isle of Man it's the (...)

• Laxey Gold

  Following the success of opening day I was on the starting blocks ready for day (...)

• Hidden Waters

  Time to go out fishing again. I'd decided I'd have a trip back to Glen Helen to (...)

• Private Glen

  Every now and again you get an opportunity to fish some new water. Most of the (...)

• Ragged in the Raggatt

  It had been a very busy few days and nowhere near enough fishing was done. This (...)

• No Rush in Rushen

  It's been very dry on the Isle of Man but we had a bit of drizzle and rain on (...)

• Silverburn Shuffle

  We'd had a bit of a drizzle the previous day so I thought it would be a good (...)

• Midge Food

  It's been a while since I last came up to Druidale to fish the Rhenass river. (...)

• Above the Colby Glen

  I'm blaming John for this one as well. I fished Colby Glen with Tenkara a while (...)

• Return to the Mines!

  The Glen Maye River in it's higher reaches flows through Glen Rushen and the (...)

• Golden Druidale

  In Standford's map of the Isle of Man, 1861, what is now called Druidale is (...)

• Sulby Claddagh

  The intention was to go and fish the Len Trench in the north of the Island. I'd (...)

Albums (3) & Images (488)

2017

4/2/2017

2017 Season

Flies

5/7/2017

The result of time at the vice.

2017

5/28/2017

Pictures from the 2017 season.