by Joe Alexander | Aug 3, 2023 | News
‘Twas another early bells session that I did up at the lovely “sea in the middle of Wales” ….. I was up at Claerwen this morning at half six ….. what fantastic conditions, a lovely North westerly wind, and a enticingly fishy ripple, on the massive 900 acre sheet of...
by Joe Alexander | Jul 31, 2023 | News
So after a hectic few days , and the jovialities of the Rhayader Carnival and the hustle and bustle of the Royal Welsh Show, ‘‘twas nice to escape to the beautiful tranquility of one of my favourite wild llyns last Friday …. In fact no, I’d go as far as to say it is...
by Joe Alexander | Jul 17, 2023 | News
So, last week, with our somewhat varied weather, the wild streams were pretty much out of the equation, with some heavy rain that had come in bouts, both during the night, and some lengthy spells in the day. It was time to chase Welsh Gold on two of my favourites ….....
by Joe Alexander | Jul 7, 2023 | News
Well, what a week, started at Llyn Clywedog on the Sunday and ended yesterday with a sublime day at Bugeilyn ….. sort of wasn’t planned if you know what I mean, just evolved with the steady, damp, drizzly south westerly weather we have been having for a few days….. I...
by Joe Alexander | Jun 25, 2023 | News
So an early start yesterday , I wanted a full day up at the lovely Claerwen Reservoir …. Two fold really, some good fitness, and some fishing of course !!! The plan was to work the Northerly shore ….. as I parked up early bells by the dam wall, the mist was lifting...
by Joe Alexander | Jun 16, 2023 | News
So it was with an intrepid mind, that I set off for Claerwen on the Tuesday morning of this week ….. bright and warm by nine bells, was I going to be in luck??? Were the Cochybonddu beetles going to be out on parade??? and, were the resident brown trout, of the huge...
by Joe Alexander | Jun 11, 2023 | News
Last week I purchased a lightweight stream rod, reel and line from Amazon ….. To be precise, a Maxcatch Ultra Lite, two weight , and a Maxcatch reel to match the line rating . Together with this, I bought a weight forward fly line, in two weight for the pricey sum of...
by Joe Alexander | Jun 5, 2023 | News
Mid last week an excited client met me at the bridge that sits over the lovely beat of the Arrow we were to fish ….. a very pleasant chap from Herefordshire ….. and being a small world I actually new him from a previous job he was in …. We discussed tactics and that...
by Joe Alexander | May 29, 2023 | News
Twas with an air of excitement that I parked up at Tim’s place who has moved to Wales from the sunnier climes of Cape Town in South Africa … we have been buddies on Facebook for some time, and before now had discussed fly fishing and tactics over a few cool pints of...
by Joe Alexander | May 25, 2023 | News
A superb three days was had this Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday with three enthusiastic chaps ready to wet a line on the hallowed waters of the Elenydd….. fortunately they had organised accommodation on the Sunday evening, just on the edge of Rhayader….. we met up on...
