by Joe Alexander | Aug 10, 2024 | News
So, another very changeable day, weather wise yesterday, windy, overcast and extremely mildโฆโฆ With this weather in the mix, only meant one thing, onwards to one of my favourite big wild waters, Nant-y-moch reservoirโฆ To be fair it was a good move too, as I was soon to...
by Joe Alexander | Aug 7, 2024 | News
A busy busy couple of weeks in the life of โescape the mainstream,โ lots going on, and lots of organising clients for the here and now, and also, the latter part of the season, when the big wild reservoirs really come into their own, and some clonking brown trout can...
by Joe Alexander | Jul 24, 2024 | News
Wow, what a hectic seven days, different locations, different weather, different clients and sublime guiding days, with clients really getting to grips with the technical freestone rivers of the Upper Wye catchment โฆ.. Variety has certainly been the name of the game...
by Joe Alexander | Jul 13, 2024 | News
As Iโm writing this, on a somewhat overcast, yet muggy Saturday afternoon, itโs looking ominous up in the cloudsโฆ.. Again !! More rain last night, and, as I was travelling back from Herefordshire this morning, coming through Penybont, near the Severn Arms pub, the...
by Joe Alexander | Jun 29, 2024 | News
Another hectic week is coming to a close, as I write this in a much cooler Rhayader this morning. In fact the last two days have been eight or nine degrees cooler than the beginning of the week. I recall a slow wade up the Afon Claerwen, only five or six days ago, and...
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 Juneโฆ. Itโs been a case of making the most of things, with fishing the smaller, more intimate streams on the...
by Joe Alexander | Jun 4, 2024 | News
Wowser, what a week on the streams Iโve 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...
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 โฆ.. Fortunately, mid week, we had a front come in, with masses of rain, and that Northerly windโฆ. An odd combination at this time of...
by Joe Alexander | May 19, 2024 | News
Well, with the warmer weather certainly making fishing fun on the wild streams, particularly late afternoonโฆ. I wanted to give one of the big wild waters a bash. Itโs also a bit of a nice change from skulking about in the jungle of a wild stream, and casting your dry...
by Joe Alexander | May 13, 2024 | News
Another superb week in the life of โEscape the Mainstreamโโฆ.. 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...
