The new bivvy/day shelter areas at Barry are almost complete , the work should be finished withing the next week. Behind each fishing peg an 8ft by 8ft area has been dug out with stone laid for drainage and coated with a fine stone dust.
During the summer Carp competitions will held at Barry to take some of strain off Treoes Pond.

Carols Pond has been stocked today (Thursday 10th) with 500 LeneyThe Leney Strain of carp is named after early Carp stocking pioneer Donald Leney who originally stocked the correctly titled 'Galician' strain into many waters. These waters such as Redmire and Savay went on to contain some of the most sought after and sizeable fish to swim in British Waters.
 strain Common Carp.
This measure has been taken to promote fishing on Carols pond due the predation on the silver fish from Cormorants over the winter months.

Work is progressing on Carols Pond, with the outline of the paths connecting the completed platforms now almost ready for the paths to be laid. 200 tonne of stone has been delivered to start the paths around the pond and the disabled platforms.

The plant machinery has arrived, so Carols pond will remain closed next week while the work is being completed, which should be about another 5 or 6 days before work starts on Sues Pond.

Thanks to all that gave up a few hours of your time to help with our ongoing project on the River Taff. This was the clubs fourth work party on the Taff and the amount of rubbish removed has vastly improved both fishing and environmental areas of the river.

Please see photo's below of our last outing, we would like thank all the helpers that gave up there time, a great job was achieved with some great company.

 

 

The Club would like to thank the members that turned out at Treoes Pond on Sunday 1st Feb. Despite bitterly cold winds, a significant amount of work was accomplished.
A big thanks to Auntie Mo and Amanda for turning out to cook us all bacon, egg and sausage rolls and kept us all going with large amounts of fresh tea and coffee.

The Islands have been left for over 10 years to grow, so it was time that they were pruned back and tidied. A few trees from around the banks were also pruned to allow for new growth.
Work will now start on the other island ready for when the pond reopens in 4 weeks.

The Club would like to thank the Club Members and Bailiffs that turned out on Saturday 19th July to clean up the Gabalfa Stretch of the Taff in conjunction with Welsh Water. Removed from the river were 12 Motor Cycles, 15 Push Bikes, 12 Shopping Trolleys and various items of scrap metal.
This was the first clean up work party we have organised with the help of Welsh Water, which due to its success, will be ongoing with a second clean up Work Party in August along the Radyr Stretch. Details to follow.

Any Club member that can put a day aside to help out will be appreciated.
The Environment Agency are also running a clean up campaign and will be cleaning the banks up on 30th July along with Welsh Water.