A Penygarreg plethora, followed by an extravaganza on the Edw ….. Just sublime dry fly sport on both river and reservoir 😉🎣🎣🐟🐟

by Joe Alexander | May 6, 2024 | News

Well, sport has certainly picked up as far as dry fly tactics are concerned, on both the big wild still waters of the Elan Valley, and the wild streams…. Obviously fish have been looking up for quite some time on both the Wye and the Usk, namely the trigger being...

A grand slam, guided days, and the waking up of the wild streams !!!! Is Spring finally sneaking into mid Wales ?? 🎣🐟

by Joe Alexander | Apr 26, 2024 | News

Last Sunday I went with a good friend Tim, along the Northerly dust track of Claerwen Reservoir. The walk is well over an hour, to a favoured area, just beyond the third spur as I call it ….. Later in the afternoon we had a frantic two hours sport, when Bibio Pomonae...

Claerwen, curlews, coffee and colourful trout ! 🎣🐟🐟🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

by Joe Alexander | Apr 17, 2024 | News

Strewth, strange weather the last few days. Here in mid wales, or to be more precise, Rhaeadr Gwy, we’ve had the lot, sun, rain, hoofing winds and sleet !!! Today and yesterday were classic days for November, not mid April !!!! As I parked up at the dam wall of...

A warm South Westerly wind, whipped the resident fish of Craig Goch into a feeding frenzy !!!! A hectic three hours was had on this delightful wild reservoir ….. 😉🎣🎣🐟🐟🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

by Joe Alexander | Apr 6, 2024 | News

Such strange weather we are having at the moment, it’s a Saturday evening and we are in a deep low, with Storm Kathleen battering the extreme parts of the west of Wales and some other westerly areas of Britain ….. The winds last night in Rhaeadr Gwy were pretty pokey...

With weather that’s wetter than an otters pocket, it’s nice to rely on the big wild waters of the Cwm Elan, early in the Season !!!! 😉😉🎣🎣🎣🐟🐟🐟🐟🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

by Joe Alexander | Apr 2, 2024 | News

Well, well, as I’m writing this brief blog, its started raining again, here in Rhayader !!!! …. I was fortunate enough to grab three very sporting hours in the valley this morning, namely one of my early season favourites, Craig Goch reservoir. Wow, she was on fire,...