Claerwen Reservoir , scudding clouds , a rolling wave , and a double hook up ……….

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...

Rock , heather and a babbling stream …… a blissful few hours on the River Marteg …..

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...

Cuckoos a calling , hornets a humming , frogs croaking ; the River Edw in June ….. a total delight !!

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...

“ Trout Nirvana ” ….. a peaceful afternoons dry fly action on the lovely River Edw …….

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 ,...

Claerwen Reservoir , a morning chasing Welsh Gold up in the Elenydd………

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 ,...