by Joe Alexander | Jun 1, 2022 | News
Cold , dank and drizzling when i parked up over the dam at eight this morning . A real trouty ripple was on the reservoir , and as i guessed , i had the 900 acre water to myself ! So , a good start weather wise , tackled up my trustee old Orvis nine and a half foot ,...
by Joe Alexander | May 29, 2022 | News
Had a lovely session on the little River Lugg , in the quiet hills of the Welsh borders ….. fished two beats today ,and, although i got there early bells , trout were prepared to take dry flies from the off . Initially , i fished a Deer Hair Emerger , which proved...
by Joe Alexander | May 23, 2022 | News
Had a ball on a very local stretch of the River Arrow , initially , all seemed very quite , but it wasn’t long and a few risers were seen , particularly along two glides . with the low water , stealth was absolutely essential ….. Fished a crippled mayfly pattern which...
by Joe Alexander | May 20, 2022 | News
…….. headed for the lovely little River Edw yesterday , parked up by the bridge in the quiet little hamlet of Cregrina , had a chat with the farmer on his quad bike , who was most interested with the fishing and the Edw in general . Tackled up my usual rig , six foot...
by Joe Alexander | May 17, 2022 | News
A fun , albeit quick session this morning fishing the town stretch … from the off , trout hammered my Parachute Adams , a real mix of fish sizes too , ranging from six to eleven inches . The rain the other day seems to have freshened things up nicely and really got...
by Joe Alexander | May 13, 2022 | News
Stopped off in town , quickly kitted up , and slinked down into the Lugg that flows through there …. Good sport here too , again fish looking up and hammered my Parachute Greenwells , great stuff , nine Lugg beauties to hand here , ohh and an out of season grayling...
by Joe Alexander | May 7, 2022 | News
A pleasant four hour session this morning , started at ten and finished just before two …. the Llynfi Dulas is a picture in Spring , and the walk down the valley as always , lovely !!!!! Great dry fly sport this morning , fish looking up about eleven , a plethora of...
by Joe Alexander | May 4, 2022 | News
Strewth , a low ,low river today ……. another of my usual haunts , and just a babbling stream , half its usual size , finding the resident brownies may be tricky as i tackled up looking over the bridge . My assumptions were correct , although fish were prepared to take...
by Joe Alexander | May 4, 2022 | News
A tricky three hours on a low river , last Friday . Tiny dries scored , with a Parachute Greenwells being particularly successful. I fished upstream steadily , between ten and one in the afternoon . By eleven some medium olives were starting to show and i did see the...
