Would all Members please note that Sues Pond is Closed from 07.00 Saturday 21st April to 09.00 Sunday 22nd April for the first of this year’s 24hr Carp Competitions.

Would all member please be aware that as of Wednesday 18th April, there will be Noise disruption at Llantrythid Lake for approximately 5 days, as Brian will be installing the two Wheelchair access pegs. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. (The pegs will be located on the Car Park Bank near the island).

Just a reminder that the AGM is Thursday 17th May, at the Sports Centre for Wales, Cardiff.
If anyone does have any items for discussion, could you please email to the Club Secretary  secretary@glamorgananglersclub.co.uk  ASAP.
You can also exchange your Club Key for a New Key at the AGM.

The first of this years Disabled Group Competitions will be at Treoes on Thursday 26th April. Any Club member who has a Concessionary Disabled License is welcome to enter the Competition.
For further details, please contact the Clubs Disabled Fishing Co-ordinator Amanda Joseph on 07837 130351 or email Disabledangling@glamorgananglersclub.co.uk

There are still 3 available places for this years Charity Event at Treoes Pond. If any Club Member would like to take part, just text 07804 097857 or email secretary@glamorgananglersclub.co.uk  to book a place.

The First of this years Junior Competitions will be held on Saturday 28th April at Gribbles Covert Pond. All Club Junior Members are most welcome and as always, every Junior who takes part in the Competition will receive a prize. Also Hot Dogs will be provided after the Competition.
For Further Details please call or Text Andy Hoare on 07543 216986.
Please note Gribbles Covert Pond will be closed for this event.

The initial 24 Hour Carp Competition Series kicks off at Sues Pond on the 21st April.
To book places, please contact Darren Hatchett on  07815 869675 (after 6pm). These 24 Hour Competitions are open to all Club Members and provide the opportunity to fish overnight on Club Waters. Juniors are also welcome, as long as they are accompanied by a Senior Club Member.
All club rules apply. Please note that Sues Pond will be closed Saturday 21st to 09.00 on Sunday 22nd April.

The club would like to inform members that over the next month or so, new Wheelchair accessible Platforms are to be implemented at the following Still Waters:
Llantrythid – 2 Double Pegs
Gribbles Covert Pond – 3 Single Pegs
Groes-Faen (Bishops Pond) – 1 Single Peg

These pegs are designed to accommodate wheelchairs, but obviously are available for all members to use unless a Disabled Group Event or a Wheelchair Angler requires the access.

This years 24 Hour Carp Competitions commence on Saturday 21st April at Sues Pond, Barry. The Competitions will be run and organised by Darren Hatchett, who can be contacted on 07815 869675 (after 6pm Please). The 24 Hour Carp competitions are open to all Club Members and provide an opportunity to have a go at overnight Fishing. Juniors are most welcome as long as they are accompanied by a Senior Member. Spaces are limited and are on a first come, first served basis. Entry is £5 per Angler. Prizes for Heaviest Bag and Best Fish.

Due to persistent fly tipping and equipment theft, the Club has no choice but to alter the way we access Pyscodlin Mawr Pond. With immediate effect, a combination lock will be put on the gate at Pyscodlin Mawr, which the Head Bailiff will have the code. If you want to access the pond and use the club Car Park, you will need to ring the Head Bailiff for the combination for the lock. Please do not ring before 8am or after 6pm.
Brian will ask you for your name and current license number which will be checked against an up to date membership list, plus the names of anyone else in your party that will be on the pond. Club Bailiffs will be provided with members names who have booked on the pond for their license checks. Obviously this also applies for NFG Members who wish to overnight on the pond.
We do apologise for the inconvenience, but we must protect not only our access, but more importantly our lease on the water.

Message from Merthyr Tydfil anglers
We know the current bylaws from NRW are not of concern to the coarse anglers.
However this is more than that it is a protest at the way NRW has ignored all anglers in the five years since it was formed.
Please help us to make this worthwhile as it is only by showing we are united that the powers that be will take notice of us.
One of the main things is NRW are still refusing to recognise the damage that Fish Eating Birds are doing to our stocks not just of Salmon and Trout but Coarse fish as well. WE all value our fishing we must pull together to protect it.
Following a meeting with their local AM, Betws Anglers were advised to raise a petition against the decision making process used by Natural Resources Wales during the proposed bylaw consultation. 

A petition has now been raised by Betws AC, and is now live. The petition can be found at https://www.assembly.wales/en/gethome/e-petitions/Pages/petitiondetail.aspx?PetitionID=1315 . We need as many anglers as possible to support this.

This is a Welsh Government petition and depending on the support it receives will be considered by the WG petitions committee; this could result in a public inquiry on the way the proposed NRW fisheries bylaws consultation has been conducted.

We need your support please forward this to as many anglers as possible – there are 4800 migratory fish licence holders in Wales and many more who fish Welsh rivers but live in England, we need them all to support us. 

Treoes Pond will close from Monday 5th February to Saturday 17th February for Maintenance. Brian will change the lock the evening of Sunday 4th Feb.
This is to permit Brian and his team to do essential maintenance prior to the Spring.
The Club apologises for any inconvenience.

Well, another New Year’s Eve Charity event completed. Firstly, and foremost, well done to Claire Giddy, who won the comp with 19lb 8oz and wins this year's free Club License. Also, a huge thank you to all the Club members who turned up, as we had 30 Anglers taking part. A big thanks to Brian Brian Kieth Dickman for the beef stew and cooking the bacon rolls. Also thanks to Robert Crews-Rees, who nominated this year's worthy cause for which we raised a very impressive £465.00.

Firstly, and most importantly, the club would like to wish each and every Member a Merry Christmas and a Peaceful and Happy New Year.
No doubt many of us will be waiting patiently for the big man in red to deliver that item of Fishing Tackle that you have hinted about for the last six months.
Over the past 12 months the Club has managed to keep its membership stable, with this year over 800 members joining, which is not only great for the Club financially, but also it does mean on the whole, members are happy with the way the Committee are running the Club.
We have been actively looking at Land for Sale within our area that would be suitable and within our price range to purchase as a potential new water. As yet, the right piece of land has evaded us, but not for want of going out to look at many potential sites. If any Member knows of, or hears of a possible site or better still a Pond or Lake that is available, please do let us know and we will ensure that your lead is followed up. There is a contact list on the web site.
On New Years Eve, the Club is hosting its annual Charity Competition on Treoes Lake, which is open to all Club Members. There are, at the time of posting this message a couple of pegs available. To book a peg, text message 07804 097857. Book in at 8am, fish 9am to 2pm.
We are this year trying to raise funds to assist a young lady from the Bridgend area to purchase a motorised Wheelchair unit. Entry is £5 per Angler and we will also be running a raffle. If anyone has a Raffle Prize they wish to donate, please either bring them along on the day or give them to any Club Official.

If you do venture out over the Xmas period or during the Winter months, please take extra care as the bank sides will be slippery. It is always safer if you go fishing with a friend at this time of year.

Please remember you can now renew your Club License for 2018/19.

So, to everyone, have a great Festive Season and we hope to see you all on the bank sides in 2018.

This year's Junior Christmas Comp will be held on Treoes Pond on Saturday 9th December. This competition is open to all Club Juniors.
Fish 11am to 1pn.
All juniors will get a gift from Santa.
For details ease call Andy Hoare on 07543 216986.

This year’s Bryn Hedges Pike Cup Competition will be held on the Clubs Monmouth Stretch of the River Wye on Sunday 3rd December. If any member would like to enter, please either email secretary@glamorgananglersclub.co.uk or call 07804 097857 (after 6pm).

Six people fished the 2017 Wye Cup at Monmouth on 29th October.  With reports of barbell showing throughout the summer, all anglers chose to fish for them.  Winner was Richard Turner withy seven barbel for a total weight of 45lb 15oz with Dave Chard runner up with two fish, including a ten pounder for 17lb 13oz.  In all, the potential of our Monmouth water was demonstrated with 11 fish caught and a number of others lost during the day.

Attendees;
Richard Turner
Anto Roberts
Dave Chard
Simon Minty
Owen Lerry
Paul Serpell

Thanks to all who attended, I hope you had a good day (I did!) and hope to see you at the Bryn Hedges Pike Cup in December and at next years' Wye Cup.

The top swim above Dixton Church is starting to collapse so be careful boys (maybe can't take the weight of all the doubles coming out. Lol) when you come up to the wye. I am now in possession of a full list of current members so don't forget to bring your permits with you. no permit no fishing. (Thank-you. Anto Roberts Wye Bailiff.)

The Club would like wish good luck Club Member Josh Bowley, who is representing Wales as part of the Welsh Carp Team in this weekend’s Home International Competition against England and Scotland at Linear Fisheries.

The river Wye is unfishable this weekend and deemed too dangerous to hold the Wye Cup  tomorrow. The Comp is rescheduled to Sunday 29th Oct. Same timings.

Please be aware that Gribbles Covert Pond is closed all day for Maintenance on Wednesday 18th Oct.

As of Sunday 1st October 2017, Pike fishing is permitted on certain Club Still Waters.
St Y Nyll Top Pond
Sues Pond – Barry
Bishops Pond – Groes Faen

Please note: Blast Frozen Dead Baits only. Live-baiting is not permitted.
If you are Pike Fishing Sues Pond, the 1 rod rule still applies.
If you are lure fishing, please be mindful of other Club members fishing around you.
All Pike must immediately be returned to the water and please ensure you carry the correct unhooking equipment with you. Unhooking mats must be used at all times.

The Pike Fishing Season ends 31st March 2018.

Bishops Pond, Groes Faen is Closed this Sunday 24th Sept for the Clubs Pike Fishing day.

The Club have organised a Pike Fishing Session on Bishops Pond on Sunday 24th September for any Club Member who would like to have a go at Pike Fishing and learn the Basics.
Places are limited to 12 and on a first come, first served basis. Fishing will be 9.30 to 2 pm.
Please either text 07804 097857 or email secretary@glamorgananglersclub.co.uk

Would members be aware that the far bank pegs at Gribbles Covert will not be available to fish until further notice as the bankside work is about to be grass seeded and it will need a bit of time to establish itself, Sorry for any inconvenience.

The Club have organised a Pike Fishing Session at Bishops  Pond on Sunday‎ 24th September. This session is open to all Club Members who would like to be shown the basics of Pike Fishing. There are 12 places available on a first come, first served basis. The session will be 09.30 to 2pm.

NRW proposals for new controls on fishing for salmon and sea trout

After careful consideration of our evidence and wishing to take full account of the views we have received during our engagements with customers and stakeholders, we are now proposing changes to fishing controls to the salmon and sea trout net and rod fisheries.

We would like to make you aware that we have:

Advertised a new Net Limitation Order
Launched a statutory consultation on new byelaws for rod and net fishing

Both processes began on 22 August 17 and runs for 12 weeks.

The proposals include:

Maintaining the same number of net licences in the 13 public salmon and sea trout net fisheries
Making consistent the start and end of the  net fishing seasons:
Shortening the netting season by starting net fisheries no earlier than 1st May
Ending the netting season on the 31st July
Implementing full catch and release fishing on all net and rod fisheries for salmon
Requiring sea trout catch and release in rod fisheries on vulnerable rivers before 1st May
Setting a 60cm maximum size limit for sea trout in rod fisheries
Implementing method restrictions (bait, barbless hooks and trebles) so that released fish have a good chance of survival (Byelaws)

All you may or may not have heard about the access consultation.
I am attaching the details that MTAA are sending around as the heading states we really need as anglers to step up on this one. Access to open water can literary mean your pond. Please go to the link below and even if you do not write then please register on this link.
http://www.countryside-alliance.org/openaccess/

As there is a change to membership cards for next season, would all members who are renewing their licence for next year please send a passport photo to the membership secretary. If any member has not already sent their photo it could mean a delay in how quick the licence will arrive to them.

Ybont has sent us an official thank you for the fundraising that we do for them.
Click here to view (opens a new window)

Works will start Friday 21st July at Gribbles Covert Pond to try and address the constant leak around the far bank Dam area. The work should take a week to 10 days, in which time the Far Bank will be closed to members.
Please see notices posted on the gate and Notice Board for up to date progress.

Woman, 21, who thought her neck ache was a result of sleeping in a funny position is left PARALYSED

• Helen Fincham thought she had a heart attack when her arms went numb
• When paramedics arrived they asked her to stand - but she then collapsed
• She has been paralysed ever since but now has regained some movement 
• Doctors diagnosed her with a neurological condition after months of tests

Helen Fincham, 21, from Bridgend, Wales, assumed her discomfort was down to her having slept in a funny position.
However, by midday she was unable to feel her legs. She thought she had suffered a heart attack when her arms went numb and she struggled to breathe.
When paramedics arrived to her home they asked her to stand - but she collapsed and has been unable to move ever since.
Doctors were left baffled but two months of tests discovered she had a rare neurological condition which caused her spinal cord to become inflamed.

Helen Fincham, 21, from Bridgend, Wales, assumed her discomfort was down to her having slept in a funny position. However, by midday she was unable to feel her legs.
This has left Helen permanently Paralysed from the chest down and wheelchair bound, with restricted movement in her arms and hands. The family are desperately trying to raise money to purchase equipment, including a wheel drive power assist for manual wheelchairs, which alone costs over £5000 in order to give Helen some independence.
GAC have agreed to help support Helen and her family by way of this year’s New Years Eve Charity Fishing Competition.
Many thanks to Club member Rob Crewes-Rees for nominating this very worthy cause.
As usual, this competition will be held on Treoes Pond on New Year’s Eve and is open to all Club Members. Entry will be £10 per senior Angler and £5 per Junior.
Further details for booking places and timings will be advertised at a later date on the Club Web Site and Facebook page.

In recent years there have been a number of unfortunate incidents between GAC fishing club members and people rowing, or training and supervising rowers, on the River Wye between the Rowing Club at Monmouth and Mally Brook Limit. GAC committee has been contacted to help to try and identify possible reasons for these incidents and seek a solution to avoid similar occurrences in future. These incidents reflect badly on both organisations and must cease.
It appears most problems occur because the rowers are facing away from their direction of travel, often working hard upstream to gain momentum, and moving more rapidly downstream with the current, and have little opportunity to see the fisherman’s line and even less opportunity to take avoiding action. When viewed from the river our members are extremely hard to see due partly to the trees and vegetation and partly to the fisherman’s position some distance away from the river edge.
The Rowing Club are aware that when a baited line has been carefully positioned at some distance from the bank at a known swim, the fisherman cannot simply withdraw his line without losing the benefit of his earlier hard work and is therefore, with good reason, reluctant to do it. Given these circumstances it is clear that both groups need to take on board the limiting factors affecting each group and at times of peak activity endeavour to minimise the possibility of confrontation.
Rowing peak times are 0700 to 0800 weekday mornings and 1400 to 1800 weekday afternoons. Weekend peak times are 0800 to 1200 and 1300 to1500 Saturdays. Sunday 0900 to 1100hrs. Issues of disturbance between anglers and the powered metal training boats have also been discussed with the Rowing Club to reducing confrontation.
Any angler who experiences what is believed to be deliberate fouling of fishing lines must make a record of location, time, and any other relevant factors (suggest a photograph)  and report the incident to the Head Bailiff as soon as possible or any Club official. No form of retaliatory action is acceptable.

P.Addecott (Hon Sec)

The Club is looking for a worthy cause to support for the annual New Year Eve charity comp at Treoes this year. If any member knows of either an individual or a worthy cause we can support, please let the club secretary know. In past years we have supported the Stroke Association Wales, helped finance an Electric Wheelchair to help a young lady get to University and many other causes.
I am sure one of you will have this year's cause for us.

The weekend 48 hour Charity Event is done for this year. We have raised so far £3600. £500 We donated to Marie Curie Cancer Care - Holme Towers and £3100 to Y Bont Childrens Centre. Thanks to everyone who supported us over the weekend and very well done to the Juniors, who for the most part, showed us oldies how to catch fish.

The winner was Jenny Collins with 526lb 1oz
Runner up Darren Hatchett with 392lb 10oz
Biggest fish Jeff Wenger with a 19lb Grass Carp

St Fagans Castle have asked if any Club Member or Members would be interested in providing a Fly Fishing ‎demonstration and a short teach in on the afternoon of July 2nd. 
If anyone can help, the Club has Fly gear for the teach in. Please contact the Club Secretary if you are able to assist.

The winner of the Wye cup your club chairman Richard Turner with his Trophy presented at the AGM.

We have received a complaint this morning from the farmer who lives in the house next to our access gate at Llantrythid. He explained the there are a number of members who, when opening the gate have radios turned up loud , that disturb them especially very early in the mornings. Could everyone please ensure that your car radio is turned down or even better turned off when accessing the gates. The second complaint is regarding one or two members who drive at excessive speed down the track to the pond, please ensure you stick to 5mph when driving down to the pond.

This year’s AGM will take place on Thursday 18th May at the National Sports Centre for Wales, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. 7.15 Start.
All Club members are most welcome to attend and it would be good to see some new faces. This is your opportunity to ask questions or suggest ideas on the running of the club.

Sunday 7th May – Senior Competition – Llantrythid
Saturday 13th May – Junior and ladies Competition – Treoes
Saturday 20 May – 24 Hour Carp Competition – Llantrythid
Saturday 27th May – Mixed Pairs Competition – Carols Pond Barry
Saturday 27th May – Junior Competition – Gribbles Covert Pond

St Y Nyll Top Pond will close Friday 31st March 2017 and re open Thursday 1st June 2017

Treoes Pond will re-open on Saturday 1st April 2017

Gribbles Covert Pond will Close Saturday 1st April 2017 to Monday 1st May 2017

The GAC bonus ball draw on 1 April will be cancelled as there is not enough support. If any members would like to enter the 8th of April draw please contact Darren Hatchett.

Would all Club Members please be aware that Pike Fishing on Club Still Waters closes on the 31st March and resumes 1st October. 

A local bait shop offering 10% off for Glamorgan angler members.
Click the image below to view website

This year NRW no longer charge for Junior Rod Licenses for 12 To 16 year olds. You still need to apply on line at www.gov.uk and search fishing license.
Fill in the application and they will issue a reference number. This is the license for Juniors. No physical license will be issued.

In 2016 Cardiff’s Environmental Scrutiny Committee set up the Restore Our Rivers inquiry to look into the problems facing local rivers and to identify how these could be resolved.  To deliver this work they drew in the support of Dwr Cymru / Welsh Water, Natural Resources Wales, Keep Wales Tidy, South East Wales Rivers Trust, Glamorgan Anglers, Cardiff Rivers Group and Groundwork Wales.

To celebrate the work of the Restore Our Rivers Group and to raise the profile of the planned events for the River Ely Clean the group is running an organised litter pick at Grangemoor Park in Cardiff on Tuesday 21st March 2017.  The event will start at 10am and finish at 12pm.  A link showing the location to Grangemoor Park is provided below:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Grangemoor+Park,+Cardiff/@51.4569235,-3.1949402,16z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x486e0358b8211287:0x2f1de5be865ee095!8m2!3d51.4565841!4d-3.1907169

If you interested in taking part please contact Richard Bowen on 02920 873606 or email him at rbowen@cardiff.go.uk.  Equipment for the litter pick will be made available on the day and the event will be supported by Keep Wales Tidy.  Those taking part should meet in the car park for Grangemoor Park between 9:45am and 10am – the car park is next to the roundabout on Dunleavy Drive. 

The photo below is the finished stock pond with otter proof fences and protective net covering. All that is now required is the solar pumps and auto-feeders feeders.

The Taff Roach Project breeding ponds are almost completed. Brian and Andy are finishing off the otter proof fencing and will then cover the ponds with a Cormorant proof net. It is hoped that we can have the first spawning brood stock later this year.

Would all members please be aware that Treoes will be closed from 1st March to 31st March, (both dates inclusive).

On Sunday 05 Feb, one of our Club members/Bailiffs had his van broken into at Pyscodlin Mawr Pond and a great deal of fishing gear was stolen. The member was approached by what he described as Eastern Europeans, who initially asked what time he was fishing to. When the member loaded up his van and returned to the pond for his unhooking mat, the vehicle was broken into and the tackle stolen. We have since been told that another member was approached again by what is described as Eastern Europeans at Groes-Faen ( Bishops Pond) and asked a similar question whilst fishing.
If you are approached by these people, please contact the Head Bailiff immediately, as we believe these individuals are also poaching our waters at night.
The Head Bailiffs contact number is on your Club License. If anyone is offered fishing gear that you think could be stolen, again please let us know.

A small group of people from Bridgend College will be conducting survey work on the Radyr stretch of the Taff this Thursday.  Disruption to angling will be minimal, but members are to be reminded that co-operation with such surveys can only be beneficial to the club and the river, therefore we ask members to be considerate of the work being undertaken.

Would all members please note that works will start at Sues Pond on Monday 23rd January to upgrade pegs 1 to 5. The work is to ensure these pegs will be wheelchair accessible by enlarging the pegs and getting them level with the pathway. The pond will not close for this work, but would members please co operate with the crew doing the works. 
It is envisaged the work should not take more than 2 weeks.