Ten degrees, windy, rainy, more rain, dank and dismal…….Ohhh, it must be Flaming June !!!! 😂😂😂🎣🐟🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

by Joe Alexander | Jun 15, 2024 | News

What strange weather over the last ten days or so, with some evenings dipping well into single figures, and daytime weather forecasts really dismal for early June…. It’s been a case of making the most of things, with fishing the smaller, more intimate streams on the...

Mayfly madness, with Danica for dinner !!!! Dun or spinner, both are a winner ……..😉😉😉🎣🎣🐟🐟🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

by Joe Alexander | Jun 4, 2024 | News

Wowser, what a week on the streams I’ve had. Just the best sport ever, combined with the immense variety of being fortunate enough to be able to fish so many different streams locally, with some on my Fishing Passport season permit, and others on the Rhayader and Elan...

A Stream ….. Secretive, sassy, sublime, and mine for the day !!! 😉😉🎣🎣🐟🐟🐟🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

by Joe Alexander | May 26, 2024 | News

Another busy week for me, with guiding and getting out on some of the wilder streams of the Wye and Usk Foundations Fishing Passport ….. Fortunately, mid week, we had a front come in, with masses of rain, and that Northerly wind…. An odd combination at this time of...

A day of rock, heather and Salmo Trutta !!! Sublime angling at the serene Nant-y-moch reservoir….. A proper red letter day !!!! 😉😉😉🎣🎣🎣🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

by Joe Alexander | May 19, 2024 | News

Well, with the warmer weather certainly making fishing fun on the wild streams, particularly late afternoon…. I wanted to give one of the big wild waters a bash. It’s also a bit of a nice change from skulking about in the jungle of a wild stream, and casting your dry...

…… and as the sunset came beneath the evening on a hill, I told you I will always love you, wild stream I always will !!! 😉🎣🎣🎣🐟🐟🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

by Joe Alexander | May 13, 2024 | News

Another superb week in the life of “Escape the Mainstream”….. Some serious leg work done, and many miles of exploring carried out, a lot of it of which has been on the secretive wild streams, which are my true love, followed very closely by the wild, heather clad...