by Joe Alexander | Jun 12, 2025 | News
A lovely few guiding days just recently. I must say, the long anticipated decent rain is now well and truly amongst us, particularly in mid Wales. They weren’t daft the Victorian’s you know, that’s why they built the dams here in the Elan Valley. With a higher than...
by Joe Alexander | May 27, 2025 | News
A seriously busy two weeks for escape the Mainstream. Client days have been most days, with the odd day or two off in between, which is basically a “chasing my tail” kind of day !!! Home admin, food, laundry, and other bits n bobs need to be done, prior to the next...
by Joe Alexander | May 12, 2025 | News
An amazing ten days has just been had by yours truly, on the wild streams of both the Wye and the Usk. The weather has advanced insect activity considerably, and, as I write this, only yesterday, on the lovely Edw, i spotted three Mayfly’s. I use a capital there, not...
by Joe Alexander | Apr 26, 2025 | News
As I finally relax for a few days, after a mega hectic week, guiding, sorting out my website, and looking at merchandise for my growing business. Caps, quality sweat tops and polo shirts have been on the agenda over the last week, with the designing of my logo, and a...
by Joe Alexander | Apr 5, 2025 | News
What a complete topsy turvy world we live in !!!! The weather has been the strangest in years …. I’ve never known a March like it . Warm days, up to seventeen degrees, with that yucky easterly wind too. And, everyday seems like Groundhog Day, with regards to the...
by Joe Alexander | Mar 21, 2025 | News
Wow, what a couple of hectic weeks . We are into a new season ….. yesssssssssssss !!! All those long winter nights are now a distant memory. I’ve enjoyed some superb streamer fishing up in the wilds of the Cwm Elan. The tribs of the Wye and Usk catchment are slow to...
by Joe Alexander | Feb 16, 2025 | News
A couple of weeks ago, I liaised with LOUIS from the WYE AND USK FOUNDATION, we discussed wild stream maintenance, and streams that need a good haircut and obviously the dilemma we always have. We chatted all things fly fishing, and in fact all things shooting too !!!...
by Joe Alexander | Jan 27, 2025 | News
Wow, if it’s not rain, it’s been strong winds the last few weeks !!! Yet another named storm is apparently over us at the moment. We’ve had so many, I’ve lost the thread and name of the recent one that’s upon us now !!!! The last one was a beast, and lots of homes,...
by Joe Alexander | Jan 7, 2025 | News
So, that’s Christmas done and dusted, and we are now recovering country wide after a four inch downfall of snow. Its literally brought Britain to an absolute standstill !!! More annoyingly it seems to be one weather warning after another …. But hey, it’s winter, get...
by Joe Alexander | Dec 14, 2024 | News
Storm Darragh was an absolute swine last week !!!!! Some serious damage countrywide, and Wales really saw the worst of it !!! Rivers went baseerk, winds were gusting at well over ninety miles an hour in places, and, with saturated ground from the previous rain...
