by Joe Alexander | Jun 16, 2023 | News
So it was with an intrepid mind, that I set off for Claerwen on the Tuesday morning of this week ….. bright and warm by nine bells, was I going to be in luck??? Were the Cochybonddu beetles going to be out on parade??? and, were the resident brown trout, of the huge...
by Joe Alexander | Jun 11, 2023 | News
Last week I purchased a lightweight stream rod, reel and line from Amazon ….. To be precise, a Maxcatch Ultra Lite, two weight , and a Maxcatch reel to match the line rating . Together with this, I bought a weight forward fly line, in two weight for the pricey sum of...
by Joe Alexander | Jun 5, 2023 | News
Mid last week an excited client met me at the bridge that sits over the lovely beat of the Arrow we were to fish ….. a very pleasant chap from Herefordshire ….. and being a small world I actually new him from a previous job he was in …. We discussed tactics and that...
by Joe Alexander | May 29, 2023 | News
Twas with an air of excitement that I parked up at Tim’s place who has moved to Wales from the sunnier climes of Cape Town in South Africa … we have been buddies on Facebook for some time, and before now had discussed fly fishing and tactics over a few cool pints of...
by Joe Alexander | May 25, 2023 | News
A superb three days was had this Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday with three enthusiastic chaps ready to wet a line on the hallowed waters of the Elenydd….. fortunately they had organised accommodation on the Sunday evening, just on the edge of Rhayader….. we met up on...
by Joe Alexander | May 21, 2023 | News
Wow, what a fabulous week on some of the wildest most secretive streams in mid Wales, just an absolute joy to be out …… every time I headed out just that energy of excitement …… will the fish be on the go ? Will that kingfisher be up at the top end? Will the mayfly be...
by Joe Alexander | May 15, 2023 | News
It was with a tinge of excitement I headed off for the Afon Tarennig on Saturday, permission had all been approved by a smashing chappy who lives high in the hills where the infant streams bustle with life and trout live on the absolute edge of existence ………....
by Joe Alexander | May 11, 2023 | News
‘Twas sheer bliss to be faced with being up on Claerwen a few days ago, well five to be exact and in the the thick of some superb dry fly sport ….. almost tooooooo good, with so many Heather fly landing clumsily on the dangerous waters of Claerwen reservoir these...
by Joe Alexander | May 5, 2023 | News
Back to an old favourite this morning …. Quite a different day to yesterday , definitely a warmer wetter wind ….. I was hoping some top of the water sport may be on the cards, as it’s generally very very good here with a gentle westerly. I rigged up my Orvis rod and...
by Joe Alexander | May 4, 2023 | News
Up early bells as rain was imminent on “the oh so accurate” BBC WEATHER app ….. why do I follow this, it’s normally wrong and if they don’t know if there will be any rain it’ll be marked as, chance of rain….. fifty percent !!! Come on, all this kit at their disposal...
