by Joe Alexander | May 3, 2023 | News
Just a quick session on what was a beautiful afternoon yesterday ….. fifteen degrees and lots of insect life when I bowled up at one of my favourite beats on the River Edw. Upwings, some sedges and hawthorn flies were present this afternoon …. I had a hunch dry fly...
by Joe Alexander | Apr 30, 2023 | News
Well well well , after purchasing my permit from the garage in Ponterwyd what I had in store for me was two fold to be honest …. Firstly the fog, when I got across the moors, travelling passed Dinas reservoir, it was literally pea soup, I honestly couldn’t see twenty...
by Joe Alexander | Apr 26, 2023 | News
As I parked my truck up yesterday on the approach road to the Pont Ar Elan , at the very top of Craig Goch reservoir, I looked up and had a visual view of the Monks Trod, an age old track, worn by centuries of monks making various tracks across the moorland for...
by Joe Alexander | Apr 21, 2023 | News
As I write this blog, it’s Friday and poets day ! Somewhat dank and dreary out, and so after a week of superb exploring in the Elan Valley, and her neighbour, the Claerwen Valley, I don’t feel so bad at all doing house chores and sorting out what’s required for the...
by Joe Alexander | Apr 16, 2023 | News
As I bimbled off this morning , I knew most of the wild streams would still be up from Fridays constant drizzle !!!! As I drove through Penybont on the A44 the Ithon looked pretty pokey , up and a bit muddy if I’m honest ….. I wasn’t hopeful that the Edw was going to...
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...
