Bring on the “Bracken Clock” ….. the dinner bells been rung! Three glorious mornings up at Claerwen Reservoir ……

by Joe Alexander | Jun 16, 2023 | News

So it was with an intrepid mind, that I set off for Claerwen on the Tuesday morning of this week ….. bright and warm by nine bells, was I going to be in luck??? Were the Cochybonddu beetles going to be out on parade??? and, were the resident brown trout, of the huge...

A hundred quid buys you a lot !!! Straight in at the deep end with this cheeky little number ; and a thoroughly good testing on the glorious Upper Wye !!!!

by Joe Alexander | Jun 11, 2023 | News

Last week I purchased a lightweight stream rod, reel and line from Amazon ….. To be precise, a Maxcatch Ultra Lite, two weight , and a Maxcatch reel to match the line rating . Together with this, I bought a weight forward fly line, in two weight for the pricey sum of...

The lovely River Arrow, an old haunt, and a chosen location for an excited client …. With some cracking dry fly sport thrown in !!!!

by Joe Alexander | Jun 5, 2023 | News

Mid last week an excited client met me at the bridge that sits over the lovely beat of the Arrow we were to fish ….. a very pleasant chap from Herefordshire ….. and being a small world I actually new him from a previous job he was in …. We discussed tactics and that...

The mighty Wye…..and a glorious session in the glooming !!

by Joe Alexander | May 29, 2023 | News

Twas with an air of excitement that I parked up at Tim’s place who has moved to Wales from the sunnier climes of Cape Town in South Africa … we have been buddies on Facebook for some time, and before now had discussed fly fishing and tactics over a few cool pints of...

Three clients, three days and three ingredients….. enthusiasm, fun ….. oh and a good few trout too !!!

by Joe Alexander | May 25, 2023 | News

A superb three days was had this Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday with three enthusiastic chaps ready to wet a line on the hallowed waters of the Elenydd….. fortunately they had organised accommodation on the Sunday evening, just on the edge of Rhayader….. we met up on...