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Job done

A very quick post this evening. I spent the whole day today working with my mate Ian on repairing my boat and am happy to report she is ready to go back in the water (at last). Last May the old girl was making a funny scraping sound when I was on the lough oneContinueContinue reading “Job done”

Being a Boatman

I have documented here in this blog why I don’t fish in the Irish angling competitions. I do however perform boatman duties sometimes, and I was called upon to do just that last Saturday. It was the National finals day and the venue was lough Conn. There was one small problem for me, my boatContinueContinue reading “Being a Boatman”

Resurrection

My failing memory was brought sharply in to view when I started to write this post. The story of my favourite fly rod began so long ago that it took me a while to figure out when and how it all started. As near as I can recall, I purchased the Hardy back in 1978ContinueContinue reading “Resurrection”