by Joe Alexander | Apr 13, 2023 | News
An old glass fly rod that was given to me by a neighbour of my mums, and a Hardy reel I purchased for seven quid in an antique shop in Hay on Wye was to have a good airing this morning up in the wilds of the Elenydd . I was undecided as to the location to be honest ,...
by Joe Alexander | Apr 7, 2023 | News
As I parked up at the westerly arm of the wild Nantymoch reservoir yesterday, I had a feeling it was going to be a corker ….. that hunch with a super trouty breeze from the West, drizzle and overcast, with intermittent sunny spells …… absolutely perfect for wild...
by Joe Alexander | Apr 2, 2023 | News
Some relief this morning, with fine weather and a light North Westerly breeze, as I parked up at half ten at Pont ar Elan , which basically means bridge over the Elan . This is the location where the Elan river flows into Craig Goch reservoir, a very productive early...
by Joe Alexander | Mar 28, 2023 | News
A beautiful afternoon as i walked around the Northern shore of the big Claerwen reservoir yesterday …. Walked an hour to where the bank profile slopes gently into the water, nice and manageable to wade in . A niggling northerly breeze was on the go , but when it...
by Joe Alexander | Mar 22, 2023 | News
Well, over the last couple of day , I’ve managed a few hours on Tuesday afternoon on Craig Goch, and a couple of cheeky hours this morning. Sport was good from the off, but strewth, that strong pokey South Westerly wind….. boy oh boy !! cool too …. But seemed to bring...
by Joe Alexander | Mar 20, 2023 | News
Was with a dash of excited delirium that I mooched off to one of my old favourites this morning . Quite a significant day as it’s the true beginning of Spring and also the start of the season for the reservoirs and upland llyns in the Elenydd . This beautiful area of...
by Joe Alexander | Feb 22, 2023 | News
As we come to the close of February I wonder how the season will pan out, with so little rain, even in the Cambrian Mountains the last month or so, the Upper Wye and the upper Severn are screaming for three or four days good constant rain, and as yet it appears we...
by Joe Alexander | Dec 16, 2022 | News
With the bitting cold really setting in in the Cambrian Mountains as I write this little blog, night time temperatures have plummeted to below minus ten , leaving the landscape in a still, almost glassy coat of ice crystals . Beautiful it is, but as we all know very...
by Joe Alexander | Oct 4, 2022 | News
Having finished my river trout season on the Lugg just on the outskirts of Leominster , it was time to hit one of the mountain lakes , but which one , we are so spoilt for choice to be honest …. eventually i plumbed for Craigypistyll , as i new it would be as wild and...
by Joe Alexander | Sep 30, 2022 | News
It was with my mind on other things that i made a dash for a local beat of the Lugg this morning , just on the outskirts of Leominster . With heavy rain imminent , i knew my session was going to be a short lived one , so tackled up with old faithful , my six foot ,...
