by Joe Alexander | Feb 6, 2024 | News
Well, as Iβm conjuring up yet another blog, itβs absolutely pouring down here in Rhayader β¦β¦ Just another glorious day in mid Wales !!!! The big wild reservoirs are here for a reason !!!!!! The sheer amount of rainfall we get in mid Walesβ¦.The positive side of things...
by Joe Alexander | Jan 18, 2024 | News
Bbbbbbbrrrrrrrrrrr !!!!! As Iβm writing this itβs minus two outside, got down to minus eight last night, on my thermometer in the garden; when I went out to top up the bird feeders with fat balls and nuts. The birds were straight onto the feeders as soon as I turned...
by Joe Alexander | Dec 22, 2023 | News
Well, this is really my Christmas message to all you kindly folk out there that have a piscatorial interest and also a love of the great outdoors. As Iβm dwelling on what to write in this wee blog, itβs actually just calming down out there tonightβ¦.. Weβve had two...
by Joe Alexander | Nov 14, 2023 | News
SO, what absolutely foul weather weβve had recently, with storms Ciaran, and yesterday storm Debi β¦.. bloody awful to say the least. Damaging, dangerous and damn right difficult to do anything in, be it work, drive, hike, you name it, just totally unpleasant. And the...
by Joe Alexander | Oct 17, 2023 | News
So, where do I start, well, Iβll finish first !!! Yesterday was my last day out chasing the ever gorgeous Welsh Gold β¦.. a biting morning with an ambient temperature that struggled to get above seven degrees in the Elan Valley. I was adventurous and initially headed...
by Joe Alexander | Oct 6, 2023 | News
With the season now well and truly finished on the rivers, for our lovely wild brown trout, it just leaves the big wild waters of the Elan Valley, and Claerwen reservoir open, with their season carrying on till October 17th. Iβve been lucky the last two sessions on...