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 streamsβ¦. Obviously fish have been looking up for quite some time on both the Wye and the Usk, namely the trigger being...
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 β¦.. Later in the afternoon we had a frantic two hours sport, when Bibio Pomonae...
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, weβve 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...
by Joe Alexander | Apr 6, 2024 | News
Such strange weather we are having at the moment, itβs 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 β¦.. The winds last night in Rhaeadr Gwy were pretty pokey...
by Joe Alexander | Apr 2, 2024 | News
Well, well, as Iβm writing this brief blog, its started raining again, here in Rhayader !!!! β¦. 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,...
by Joe Alexander | Mar 26, 2024 | News
Wow, what a start to my season, a varied and hectic three weeks, on some of the wild streams and big reservoirsβ¦.. And I managed to squeeeeeeeeeeze in a lovely session up at the Teifi lakes too, Fantastic !!! Just total wild Wales at its best β¦β¦ Tis always nice...
by Joe Alexander | Mar 12, 2024 | News
β¦β¦.. Was with a great relief that I eventually managed to get out for my first sortie of the year yesterday. Things have been more than hectic in fairness, with only thoughts of wetting a line on open day a dwindling memory !!! I parked up close to the bridge of the...
by Joe Alexander | Feb 6, 2024 | News
Well, as Iβm conjuring up yet another blog, itβs absolutely pouring down here in Rhayader β¦β¦ Just another glorious day in mid Wales !!!! The big wild reservoirs are here for a reason !!!!!! The sheer amount of rainfall we get in mid Walesβ¦.The positive side of things...
by Joe Alexander | Jan 18, 2024 | News
Bbbbbbbrrrrrrrrrrr !!!!! As Iβm writing this itβs minus two outside, got down to minus eight last night, on my thermometer in the garden; when I went out to top up the bird feeders with fat balls and nuts. The birds were straight onto the feeders as soon as I turned...
by Joe Alexander | Dec 22, 2023 | News
Well, this is really my Christmas message to all you kindly folk out there that have a piscatorial interest and also a love of the great outdoors. As Iβm dwelling on what to write in this wee blog, itβs actually just calming down out there tonightβ¦.. Weβve had two...
