by Joe Alexander | Jul 10, 2022 | News
A sweltering session last night on my beloved River Arrow , hot even at six in the evening when i parked up at the bridge pull in . Plenty of water on board , waders on , tackled up my ususal six foot wild stream rod , and walked back down the road to the start of the...
by Joe Alexander | Jun 28, 2022 | News
Always a treat heading to this large reservoir in the middles of Wales , and she didn’t disappoint yesterday afternoon either .Almost like September there to be honest , grey threatening clouds , white horses on the waves , and thirty mile an hour gusts ….. flaming...
by Joe Alexander | Jun 23, 2022 | News
Mountain goat tactics today , warm too when i parked up in the hills of the Cambrian mountains . A beautiful day , and the heather clashing against the rocky landscape looked superb , and almost from another world …. got kitted up at nine , and even by then i felt...
by Joe Alexander | Jun 18, 2022 | News
Well , with Sundays session being an absolute ball , i did make another return trip to one of my favourite little rivers …….very Lilliputian at the moment , with low but clear water , the days session was an early one , had some serious outside jobs to crack on with...
by Joe Alexander | Jun 13, 2022 | News
A change for me , headed out on an afternoon session , after smashing the front lawns !!!! Mower promptly packed away at one , then bimbled off to the River Edw , a wild streams beat of the WYE AND USK FOUNDATION . Parked up just before two , river looked a picture ,...
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...
