by Joe Alexander | Mar 22, 2023 | News
Well, over the last couple of day , I’ve managed a few hours on Tuesday afternoon on Craig Goch, and a couple of cheeky hours this morning. Sport was good from the off, but strewth, that strong pokey South Westerly wind….. boy oh boy !! cool too …. But seemed to bring...
by Joe Alexander | Mar 20, 2023 | News
Was with a dash of excited delirium that I mooched off to one of my old favourites this morning . Quite a significant day as it’s the true beginning of Spring and also the start of the season for the reservoirs and upland llyns in the Elenydd . This beautiful area of...
by Joe Alexander | Feb 22, 2023 | News
As we come to the close of February I wonder how the season will pan out, with so little rain, even in the Cambrian Mountains the last month or so, the Upper Wye and the upper Severn are screaming for three or four days good constant rain, and as yet it appears we...
by Joe Alexander | Dec 16, 2022 | News
With the bitting cold really setting in in the Cambrian Mountains as I write this little blog, night time temperatures have plummeted to below minus ten , leaving the landscape in a still, almost glassy coat of ice crystals . Beautiful it is, but as we all know very...
by Joe Alexander | Oct 4, 2022 | News
Having finished my river trout season on the Lugg just on the outskirts of Leominster , it was time to hit one of the mountain lakes , but which one , we are so spoilt for choice to be honest …. eventually i plumbed for Craigypistyll , as i new it would be as wild and...
by Joe Alexander | Sep 30, 2022 | News
It was with my mind on other things that i made a dash for a local beat of the Lugg this morning , just on the outskirts of Leominster . With heavy rain imminent , i knew my session was going to be a short lived one , so tackled up with old faithful , my six foot ,...
by Joe Alexander | Sep 1, 2022 | News
Well well , as i set off from the outskirts of Leominster , there was definately a cooler feel this morning . Nice to be up really early , did the usual chores , then bimbled off to one of my favourite stomping grounds , Claerwen Reservoir …. As i meandered through a...
by Joe Alexander | Aug 21, 2022 | News
A few hours this morning on what was a very very shrunken River Ithon. I hadn’t been for a while here , certainly this season , and normally she is easy wading and a joy to slowly mooch upstream, casting a delicate dry fly as you approach trouty water . Today , she...
by Joe Alexander | Aug 20, 2022 | News
Having been a rather hectic couple of weeks , i found a window where i could manage just a couple of hours locally on the Arrow. Keen to get going , i completed all the chores on the home front , then made my way to a favourite beat , and one which holds water and...
by Joe Alexander | Aug 5, 2022 | News
Another very pleasant morning , as i headed through a bustling Builth Wells , on my way to the rather lovely River Cammarch , secretive and in a hidden valley . Its been a while since I’ve had the pleasure of wetting a line on this river , so today was going to be fun...
