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Reports from Lake Vyrnwy Hotel

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North Wales Fly Fishing Fair @ North Wales Country Fair 14th &15th August 2010 CANOLFAN CYWAIN, RHIWLAS, Y BALA LL23 7NW CONTACT?? 01678 520 920
www.countryfairnorthwales.co.uk North Wales Fly Fishing Fair @ North Wales Country Fair The first ever North Wales Fly Fishing Fair will be held as part of the North Wales Country fair this August. Over the weekend of the 14th and 15th August 2010 Fly Tyers and Anglers from all over the world will descend on Bala to show off their skills. The event will be led by Hywel Morgan, who will show what it took to become world casting champion, Hans Van Klinken from Holland will be tying his creation, the world famous klinkhammer as well as showing some of his newer patterns. David Wolsoncroft-Dodds will be tying some of his best Pike flies, and Steve Thornton of Virtual Nymph will show some of his amazing lifelike creations. Local talent will include Gwilym Hughes and Louis Noble who will be tying flies used by them to devastating effect locally. A show not to be missed. If youâ€™ve ever cast a fly or even just tried to tie one, this show is a must for you. GAIA and Federation Of Welsh Anglers coaches will be on hand to give casters of all abilities from complete beginners to those wishing to perfect their action an opportunity to develop and hone their fly fishing skills. With stalls selling all the latest tying materials and fly fishing tackle and clothes, this is the ideal place to get bargains too. Full list of Fly Tyers Demonstrating Hans van Klinken (Inventor of the Kilnkhammer) Gwilym Hughes Steffan Jones Phil White David Wolsoncroft-Dodds Claes Johansson David Gourong Dave Carn John Green Dylan Hooly Steve Thornton The North Wales Country Fair is held at Canolfan Cywain, Bala, North Wales on the banks of the river Tryweryn. 14th-15th August 2010
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Fish Legal has been alerted to a serious agricultural pollution that took place on 28th April on a tributary of the River Teifi. Slurry escaping from a farm on Wednesday evening poured into the Afon Cych, which feeds into the Teifi - known by anglers as the “Queen of Rivers” - at Abercych. Environment Agency officers and Fish Legal members - the Teifi Trout Association - were at the river bank yesterday assessing the extent of the fish kill.

It is understood that the farmer responsible for the pollution has been cautioned.

An eye witness 2 miles downstream of where the pollution went in described the water level rising by around 18 inches as a result of the spill. With very little rain in the area recently to dilute its potency in the river early indications are of environmental damage on a massive scale.

John Holt, local resident and member of the Teifi Trout Association, said:

“We were working upstream from Environment Agency officers and over a 400yard stretch we pulled out hundreds of dead fish. We had buckets full of a mix of large sea trout and brown trout up to 10 inches long. That’s broodstock. We didn’t even begin to collect up all the tiny fry and fingerlings that littered the river bed. Many of them would have hatched out this year”.

He added: “I would say at least 25,000 fish must have been killed overall.”

Following the outcome of the Environment Agency’s investigation, Fish Legal will look to take legal action against the farmer on behalf of the Association to fully compensate the club for the impact to its fishing.

NOTES TO EDITORS

1. Fish Legal is the new name for the Anglers’ Conservation Association, which was founded in 1948 to use the law to fight to protect the aquatic environment and fisheries. Since then, the organisation has won in excess of two thousand cases and recovered many millions of pounds in damages, which has been returned to the members represented to plough back into angling and the protection of the aquatic environment. Only four cases have ever been lost in Court. Fish Legal employs its own in-house legal team covering the whole of the UK.

2. Fish Legal operates throughout the UK and is backed by thousands of individual anglers. In England only, Fish Legal is the legal arm of the Angling Trust.

3. Angling clubs or fishery owners wishing to join Fish Legal and Angling Trust and individuals wishing to become supporters of Fish Legal and Angling Trust should phone 01568 620447 during office hours, write to the address below, or download a subscription form from the website: www.fishlegal.net or www.anglingtrust.net

4. The Teifi Trout Association controls over twenty four miles of prime fishing on the Teifi from the upper tidal limit near the bridge at Llechryd to Cenarth. Their waters are described as “probably the best mixed game fishery in Wales” and are renowned in particular for the three species of game fish: salmon, sewin and brown trout.

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Lower Lliw Reservoir to close
We regret to announce that Lower Lliw reservoir will be closed for fishing on the 30th of September, we would like to take this oppertunity to thank all our regular customers for their support over the years and wish them all the best for the future.
If you could put this in instead of the report i would be grateful, it's come to a point where the economic situation means that we have to close the reservoir. All the best, Jock.
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lower Lliw Reservoir
Fishing this week has still been very deep with either a long trace from the float or on the bottom, with worm,on fly sinking or inter mediate lines and lures have done the trick. Best areas have been the disabled and around the oak tree and into the bay.
Tawe Disabled Fishers had thier annual visit to the reservoir this week and had a good day,with 16 anglers having 39 fish between them, fly being the best method.
Best bags, (all 6 fish),
Bob Compton 8lb 12oz,
P Harris 8lb 6oz,
Ken Howells 7lb 14oz,
S Sampson 7lb 2oz.
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FEBRUARY REPORT FOR LLYNGWYN

Best Bag_*
Pat Sharman Talgarth 6 fish 18 lbs 8 oz Sunburst
Richard Waynes (age 6) Llandrindod Wells 6 fish 18 lbs Orange
Alan Lewis Rhayader 6 fish 18 lbs Orange
*_Best Fish_*
Alan Lewis Rhayader 5 lbs 8 oz Orange
Pat Sharman Talgarth 4 lbs 8 oz Sunburst
Ken Holroyd Tenbury Wells 4lbs 8 oz Orange
*_Best Lines_* Intermediate
*_Best Flies_* Orange fritz, Cat's Whisker, Damsel Fritz

*_PLEASE NOTE - ELAN VALLEY OPENS FOR BROWN TROUT FISHING 20th MARCH_*

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Lower Lliw Report
Fishing this week has been at various depths, around 4 to 8 feet down from the float on worm.
On fly, an intermediate line and green montana did ok.
John Morris from Clydach had the best bag of the week with one fish weighing in at 10lb 3oz,
with one fish at 4lb 2oz.Best areas have been the disabled and the bay under the pump house.
Best bags, John Morris 10lb 3oz (4 fish), Peter Jones 8lb 12oz (6 fish), T Evans 8lb 7oz (6 fish),
K Peters 7lb 4oz (6 fish).
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RHAYADER & ELAN VALLEY ANGLING ASSOCIATION

www.rhayaderangling.co.uk

FISHING REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 2008

ELAN VALLEY.

Best Bag

JOHN NEWBURY, EVESHAM 6 BROWNS 6 LB

BARRY THOMAS, RHAYADER 6 BROWNS 5 LB 8 OZ ZULU

DAVID DAVIES, ELAN VALLEY 6 BROWNS 5 LB MONTANA

Best Fish

JOHN NEWBURY, EVESHAM BROWN 1 LB

ROGER LEWIS, RHAYADER BROWN 1 LB MONTANA

BRYN JONES, RHAYADER BROWN 15 OZ BLACK GNAT

Best Flies

BLACK AND PEACOCK, ZULU, MONTANA

Best Lines INTERMEDIATE

** ELAN VALLEY LAKES CLOSED FROM 17^TH OCTOBER 2008 – 20^TH MARCH 2009**

LLYNGWYN

Best Bag

RICHARD BULL, KNIGHTON 6 RAINBOWS 16 LB 8 OZ BOOBY

PAT SHARMAN, TALGARTH 6 RAINBOWS 15 LB 8 OZ BUZZER

ELLIS RUSSEL, WORCESTER 6 RAINBOWS 15 LB DAMSEL

Best Fish

PAUL DAVIES, RHAYADER RAINBOW 10 LB MONTANA

GERRY WOOD, BUILTH WELLS RAINBOW 8 LB 8 OZ HARES EAR

KEARTON JONES, KINVER RAINBOW 8 LB BUZZER

Best Flies

BOOBY, MONTANA, BUZZER, CATS WHISKER

Best Lines

INTERMEDIATE

** LLYNGWYN LAKE OPEN ALL YEAR. WINTER SEASON TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE **

Hi there again.

Apologies for the delay in sending out this next set of fly fishing tips, I have just returned from one of the best sessions of my life.
I caught a personal best 9lb wild brown trout from Lake Windermere in The English Lake Distict. For anyone wishing for a fantastic
fishing destination I would suggest they book a flight to the UK and visit the Lake District where the scenery is spectacular and the
fishing equally so!
The next guidance I am going to provide is on the set up, that is the rod, reel, fly line and tippet; to present the flie in the most natural
way.
The type of rod you should buy will depend on:
i) the type of fish you are fishing;
ii) the water on which you are fishing, and;
iii) personal preference.
As a starting point it is first necessary to understand that there are 3 main actions of a fly rod, these being fast action, medium action
and slow action. These are also known as tip flex fly rods (fast action), mid flex fly rods (medium action) and full flex fly rods
(slow action). Which one of these rods you should use is critical on the success of your fishing. In order to decide you must first
understand what is meant by fast, medium and slow action rods. Fast action rods are stiff and more powerful rods with the tip
being the only part that flexes. As a result, the fast action rod is capable of casting line further, landing larger fish, casting in windy
weather and allows for quicker casting. The disadvantages of a fast action rod are that they are difficult for a beginner to use as the
rod will need a steeper learning curve as the speed of the line will be such that a beginner may become frustrated. I will cover
medium, and slow rods on my next emails.
Tight Lines! Mark.

Wentwood Reservoir 01291 425158
ANGLERS using sinking lines and booby nymphs or sink tips and small damsel or Montana nymphs have managed limit bags.
Day ticket visitors Chris and Wayne Price banked five fish bags weighing 11.75lb and 10.5lb while Dave Thomas had five weighing
11lb.
Terry Farminour caught two rainbows weighing 5.5lb from the east bank, while Geoff Simmons has a 3.5lb fish in his catch.
Boat anglers did better with David Wells catching the best five fish limit weighing 12.5lb and Alan Doolan boating the week’s best
rainbow of 3lb 14oz.
Ann Heming included a 3.5lb rainbow in her catch of five totalling 12lb, comfortably out fishing husband Tony who shared the boat and caught five fish weighing 9.75lb.
Ian Morris’ boat session ended with five rainbows weighing 10.25lb aboard.
Mike Owen caught five for 10lb and Lee Evans and Philip Evans both caught five rainbows weighing 9.75lb.
Ynysyfro Reservoir 01633 669733
MOST catches are coming from the bottom pond, where rainbows to 3lb have been caught on small nymphs and buzzers fished by
the dam or on the point.
Dyffryn Springs 029 20595929
FISHING is steady with most fish falling to anglers tackling up with small imitative pattern flies and Thaw Lake fishing the best.
Cwm Hedd Lakes 01633 896854
THE trout are very selective in the bright sunshine, so the new fishing times for the summer opening should provide the best chance of catching fish.
Evening tickets are now on sale from Wednesday through to Sunday and fishing is from 5pm until dusk.
Ravensnest Fishery 01291 689564
JOHN Griffiths opens the fishery at 7.30am every day and early arrivals have been catching well.
Dave Williams came from Blackwood and caught the week’s best rainbow of 6.25lb while his son Gareth landed a 5.5lb fish. Paul Edwards, from Cardiff, banked a 6lb blue trout while another city angler at the Tintern water was Peter Griffiths who caught six rainbows totalling 16.75lb.
A 4.5lb rainbow hooked on a buzzer helped Sean Collins on his way home to Pontypool with a four fish 11.25lb bag.

Loss of Angler
SOUTH Wales has lost a top game angler following the death of John Mason, from Whitchurch. Fishing for trout on Cardiff’s
Llanishen and Lisvane Reservoirs was where he was most at home, and during the 1950s he was a founder member of Cardiff
Reservoirs Fly Fishing Club. The club is still active today, despite members having to seek their sport outside the city.

Seven Oaks Fishery 01446 775474
BRIDGEND anglers dominated the week and took all the best catches. Huw Viggers had the week’s best fish, which was a
9.75lb rainbow caught on just his second day out with a fly rod. Derek Hampstead banked two rainbows over 5lb and
Phil Batton’s four rainbows gave him a 15lb bag. Barry Payne fished catch and release and hooked nine rainbows to 4.5lb,
while Gareth Thomas put back seven fish to 4lb.
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FREE FISHING

Welsh Fishery Pant-y-Bedw are offering free fishing at its Lakes near Carmarthen. The joint venture with the EA has granted a
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