Friends, Romans, Countrymen ……. and fellow anglers !!! Lend me your ears …….. πŸ‘‚πŸ˜‰πŸ˜‰πŸŽ£πŸŽ£πŸŸπŸŸπŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ

by | Aug 22, 2024 | News

A hectic week nearly comes to a close….. A seriously full on ten days, with clients, and growing my portfolio of wild rivers to fish on …. A very successful week of gaining permissions, and of course a decent whiskey dropped of at Christmas, along with vermin control...

Nant-y-moch reservoir; a blissful sortie, deep in the Elenydd, Chasing Welsh Gold all day long …… just superb 🎣🐟🏴󠁧󠁒󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

by | Aug 10, 2024 | News

So, another very changeable day, weather wise yesterday, windy, overcast and extremely mild…… With this weather in the mix, only meant one thing, onwards to one of my favourite big wild waters, Nant-y-moch reservoir… To be fair it was a good move too, as I was soon to...

It isn’t all about the fishing !!!! It’s the people, the places, the landscape and memories β€¦β€¦β€¦πŸ˜‡πŸ˜‡πŸŽ£πŸŽ£πŸŸπŸŸπŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ

by | Aug 7, 2024 | News

A busy busy couple of weeks in the life of β€œescape the mainstream,” 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...

What three words !!!!! These three words….”RED LETTER DAYS” !!!! πŸ˜‰πŸ˜‰πŸ˜‰πŸŽ£πŸŽ£πŸŽ£πŸŸπŸŸπŸŸπŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ

by | 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 ….. Variety has certainly been the name of the game...

Ten degrees, windy, rainy, more rain, dank and dismal…….Ohhh, it must be Flaming June !!!! πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸŽ£πŸŸπŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ

by | 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 ……..πŸ˜‰πŸ˜‰πŸ˜‰πŸŽ£πŸŽ£πŸŸπŸŸπŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ

by | 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 !!! πŸ˜‰πŸ˜‰πŸŽ£πŸŽ£πŸŸπŸŸπŸŸπŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ

by | 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 !!!! πŸ˜‰πŸ˜‰πŸ˜‰πŸŽ£πŸŽ£πŸŽ£πŸŸπŸŸπŸŸπŸŸπŸŸπŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ ΏπŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ

by | 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...