by Joe Alexander | Oct 13, 2024 | News
So, up early bells this morning, and some fitness over at the fantastic Freedom Leisure centre in Rhayader. My go to place, four times a week, using the gym, and attending two evening spin bike classes. Now Winters setting in, I focus more on shooting, and vermin...
by Joe Alexander | Sep 29, 2024 | News
….. Which, as a title I feel is very apt, especially over the last week or so. Some torrential rain here in mid Wales, but alas, sometimes you’ve just gotta get suited and booted in the correct attire, and just get out there !!! As one of my Platoon Serjeants once...
by Joe Alexander | Sep 22, 2024 | News
Strewth, as I sit here in a cosy front room, with my log burner just ticking over, and a very large mug of Baileys coffee, I’ve been pondering on the last eight or nine days…. It’s certainly been a case of dodging very intense showers, but on the plus side, we’ve had...
by Joe Alexander | Sep 10, 2024 | News
Another really hectic few days, and I must say, some unpleasant weather in the proverbial mix too !!! We’ve had hoofing winds, rain all day, and of course the all too familiar signs of Autumn. Loads and loads of berries this year !!!! Will it be a hard winter???...
by Joe Alexander | Sep 1, 2024 | News
Another week “bites the dust” as they say….. And, odd weather again, some drizzle , some mornings cold too, it really knocks the fishing about, particularly on our rivers. That said, I’ve had a couple of sublime days on Nantymoch Reservoir. We’ve had a pokey westerly...
by Joe Alexander | Aug 22, 2024 | News
A hectic week nearly comes to a close….. A seriously full on ten days, with clients, and growing my portfolio of wild rivers to fish on …. A very successful week of gaining permissions, and of course a decent whiskey dropped of at Christmas, along with vermin control...
by Joe Alexander | Aug 10, 2024 | News
So, another very changeable day, weather wise yesterday, windy, overcast and extremely mild…… With this weather in the mix, only meant one thing, onwards to one of my favourite big wild waters, Nant-y-moch reservoir… To be fair it was a good move too, as I was soon to...
by Joe Alexander | Aug 7, 2024 | News
A busy busy couple of weeks in the life of “escape the mainstream,” lots going on, and lots of organising clients for the here and now, and also, the latter part of the season, when the big wild reservoirs really come into their own, and some clonking brown trout can...
by Joe Alexander | Jul 24, 2024 | News
Wow, what a hectic seven days, different locations, different weather, different clients and sublime guiding days, with clients really getting to grips with the technical freestone rivers of the Upper Wye catchment ….. Variety has certainly been the name of the game...
by Joe Alexander | Jul 13, 2024 | News
As I’m writing this, on a somewhat overcast, yet muggy Saturday afternoon, it’s looking ominous up in the clouds….. Again !! More rain last night, and, as I was travelling back from Herefordshire this morning, coming through Penybont, near the Severn Arms pub, the...
