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...

…… and as the sunset came beneath the evening on a hill, I told you I will always love you, wild stream I always will !!! πŸ˜‰πŸŽ£πŸŽ£πŸŽ£πŸŸπŸŸπŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ

by | May 13, 2024 | News

Another superb week in the life of β€œEscape 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...

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

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

by | 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,...

Variety is the spice of life !!!! ….. Well, it certainly is in the enigmatic Elenydd !! πŸ˜‰πŸ˜‰πŸŽ£πŸŽ£πŸŸπŸŸπŸŸπŸŸπŸŸπŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ

by | 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 reservoirs….. And I managed to squeeeeeeeeeeze in a lovely session up at the Teifi lakes too, Fantastic !!! Just total wild Wales at its best …… Tis always nice...