Merthyr Tydfil Angling Association

MTAA June 29th, 2009

- by Julian Burns

Cyfarthfa lake

Steven Jones fished the lake on Monday on peg 7 and had a good mix bag of fish with a cracking chub weighing around 3lbs using a float and maggot hook bait. Liam Davies fished the lake for carp last Thursday and landed 15 carp on boillies the biggest weighing 12lbs.

Pontsticill and Dolygaer Reservoirs

Ian Turner fished Dolygaer last weekend for pike. He used ledgered mackerel and herring to land four pike, the largest weighing 15lb. David lee fished Dolygaer on Friday 26th of June on a groundbait feeder and maggots, he landed around 60lb of skimmer bream, roach and perch.

Upper Neuadd

Bill Davies and Meirion Smith fished the Neuadd on Saturday 27th June. Bill landed 12 fish on a knotted midge and black hoppers while Meirion landed 10 fish on beetle patterns.

Penywern Ponds

John Taylor fished the top pond on Monday evening and landed five carp, the largest weighing 12lb 6oz. He used a controller float and floating dog biscuits as bait.

Competitions

The results for the last summer league match are as follows:

• 1st Place: Bernard Farr (11lb 12oz)
• 2nd Place: Peter Sullivan (8lb 12oz)
• 3rd Place: David Thomas (2lb 4oz)

The next match is Tuesday 7th July held at Cyfarthfa Lake (draw 5.30pm; fish 6pm until 9pm). The next junior match is on Friday 3rd of July (draw 5.30; fish 6pm until 8.15pm). See the Events Calendar for more information.

Rivers International Fly Fishing Championships

On 26th June 2009 the Rivers International was held on the river Taff. This is the highlight of the fishing year for river competitions and involved the Teams from England Wales Scotland and Ireland. River Competitions have been held since 1992, however the International competitions on lakes have been held since 1959. This makes 2009 the fiftieth year of the International Fly Fishing Association.

In the seventeen years the Rivers competition has been held the hosting home nations have only won on home waters four times. We are pleased to announce that in 2009 Wales were the winner on their home waters, and what a decisive win.

The top angler for 2009 on river fishing with the title of International Rivers Fly Fishing Champion of Great Britain and Ireland is Phillip Jehu. Philip is only 20 years of age and was fishing with and against anglers with many more years of experience. His knowledge of his local river shone through, however, and Merthyr Tydfil Angling Association is very proud of him.

The Welsh team won in grand style with the total number of fish caught being 92, England came second with 63, Ireland third with 60, and Scotland fourth with 33, making a total of 248 which were all returned to the river.

Catch Returns/Fishing Reports

If anyone with has any catch returns or fishing reports that they would like to submit, please contact Julian Burns on 07850 901 356, or alternatively, email the Association via the Contact Us page.

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MTAA June 29th, 2009

The new gallery for the Rivers International Fly Fishing Championships is now available by clicking here.

The Wales Fly Fishing Team

Top Rod – Phil Jehu

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MTAA June 29th, 2009

It came, it went, we won!

On Friday June 26th, the Rivers International Fly Fishing Championships were hosted on the river Taff, and in particular, on Merthyr Tydfil Angling Association waters.

Competing teams from Wales, England, Ireland, and Scotland travelled to the hallowed waters of the river Taff in order to compete for the title of Champion, and in the end, Wales were crowned so after taking a huge lead, well ahead of any other competing team.

A special congratulations must go to Philip Jehu (MTAA) for earning the place of Top Rod. Big things are expected from Philip, and his trophy wall is growing ever bigger.

To see the detailed competition results please click on the below document download links (Adobe Reader required – click here to download), or to see the action of the day, stay tuned for a new photo gallery which will be added to the Gallery section of the web site later today.

Downloads:
	Rivers International Fly Fishing Championships – Document #1 Rivers International Fly Fishing Championships – Document #2
Adobe Reader will be required to view the above documents. To download click here.

Last, but not least, it was fantastic to see our very own Treasurer, Mr Tony Rees MBE, on BBC News Wales on Friday evening. A short interview between BBC News and Tony is available by clicking here.

Well done Wales for a fantastic win and a huge congratulations and well done to all those who competed, participated, and managed the event! This is just the sort of positive publicity our wonderful river Taff deserves, and will help put it into the spotlight.

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MTAA June 24th, 2009

Once again Merthyr Tydfil Angling Association have been mentioned in the Western Mail’s ‘Country & Farming’ supplement by the angling legend that is Moc Morgan, and with praise directed towards our very own Mr Tony Rees (Treasurer) and Mr Gary Davies (Chair).

The article focuses on the gem that is our river Taff and the Rivers International Fly Fishing Championships which is to take place this Friday 26th. To read the full article, please click the below image.

I know you will all be with me when I wish the very best of luck to all the participants of the Rivers International on Friday.

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MTAA June 24th, 2009

One of our members accidently misplaced his Greys GRXi 9’6″ 6/7wt rod at our Ysbytty Fishery’s car park on Sunday evening and is desperately seeking it’s return.

If any member(s) happen upon this rod, please contact the Association via the Contact Us page. The owner will be eternally grateful.

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MTAA June 23rd, 2009

- by Julian Burns

Pontsticill and Dolygaer Reservoirs

With the pike season opening on June the 16th anglers were keen to visit these reservoirs. John Hodgeson and John Taylor fished Pontsticill on Saturday June 20th at Abercribin bay on the boat house side of the reservoir and landing two pike each using float fished smelt and lures, the largest fish weighing 11lb. Ian Legge and John Cross fished Dolygaer on Sunday 21st, Ian Legge stayed firmly on the bank this time after discovering the features of the lake bed a few weeks ago and show john how to catch the largest fish of the day, a 7lb 130z specimen bream on a swim feeder and maggot hook bait on johns brand new rod which he failed to tempt a bite with.

Cyfarthfa Lake

The lake is fishing very well recently with mix variety of fish being caught David Lee and Tudor George had a good day on Monday catching carp to 9lb and around 20lbs of roach skimmers and chub.

River Taff

Liam Davies fished the Taff last week at Lines Bridge and landed four trout on a Grey Duster.

The Rivers International Fly Fishing Championships will be taking place on the river Taff this Friday (26th June). The Association is proud to be holding this event on our waters where the fishing can be spectacular amongst some of the picturesque settings. The river will closed for fishing from Quakers Yard upstream to the A470 fly-over at Abercanid from Wednesday 24th June until 6pm on Friday 26th June. All members are kindly asked to be respectful to the competitors when fishing either side of these boundaries.

Competitions

Upper Neuadd Seniors (15th June)

• 1st Place: David Matthews (1lb 9oz)
• 2nd Place: Richard Price (1lb 2.5oz)
• Joint 3rd Place: Andrew Stevens and Bill Wine (11oz)

Upper Neuadd Juniors (15th June)

• Winner: Declan Parker with the only fish for the juniors for 1lb

Dolygaer Reservoir Summer League Match

• 1st Place: David Thomas (28lb)
• 2nd Place: Steve Crowley (21lb)
• 3rd Place: Steve Hall (12lb 7oz)

Catch Returns/Fishing Reports

If anyone with has any catch returns or fishing reports that they would like to submit, please contact Julian Burns on 07850 901 356 or email the Association via the Contact Us page.

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MTAA June 19th, 2009

The excitement is now in full flow as the Rivers International Fly Fishing Championships are set to take place just one week from now (Friday 26th June).

Please note that the river Taff (from Quakers Yard to the A470 flyover at Abercanid) will be closed on both Thursday 25th June and Friday 26th June.

For any queries relating to the Championships, please feel free to email the Association via the Contact Us page, or by contacting either Tony Rees, Gary Davies, or Nigel Morgan via the telephone numbers detailed on the Committee Contacts page.

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MTAA June 15th, 2009

- by Julian Burns

Pontsticill & Dolygaer Reservoirs

David Lee and Chris George fished Dolygaer on Saturday 13 June through torrential rain, however still managed to land 30lb of Skimmer Bream between them, on a size 18 hook and single maggot. Unfortunately due to horrendous under foot conditions and the prevailing winds, David found himself in the Reservoir, a reminder to our younger anglers to please take care whilst fishing these waters.

Penywern Ponds

Richard Davies fished top pond last Friday over night and landed seven Carp, the largest weighing 13lb 12oz, he was using hair rig boillies and a method feeder.

Cyfarthfa Lake

Ian Legge fished the lake on Tuesday 9th June on swim 41, landing 19 Carp and one Tench using boillie, corn, and pellet mix. He landed three double figure fish, the largest being a Common Carp weighing 11lb 12oz.

John Hughson and John Taylor fished the lake on Saturday 13th June on the grass bank and landed one fish each, Taylor with the largest weighing 4lb 7oz, using Sweet Corn.

Upper Neuadd

Neil Issit fished the Neuadd on Thursday 11th June and caught and returned 12 fish, a mixture of Brown and Rainbow trout, unfortunately, anther one of our members found himself submerged after losing his footing. Again, please be reminded to care around the reservoirs.

Competitions

Summer league match was fished at Middle pond Penywern last Tuesday 9th June, 1st place Steve Thomas 5lb 4oz, 2nd place Bernard Farr 8oz, 3rd Steve Crowly 5oz. Next match to be fished at Cyfarthfa Lake on 23rd June.

Merthyr Angling Seniors (Cyfarthfa Lake – Sunday 14th June)

• 1st Place: Peter Sullivan (9lb 10oz)
• 2nd Place: Dai Thomas (9lb 9oz)
• 3rd Place: Bernard Farr (8lb 9oz)

The next match is at Middle Pond Penywern on 28th June. Draw takes place at 9am.

Merthyr Angling Juniors (Cyfarthfa Lake – Saturday 13 June)

• 1st Place: Bryn Davies (1lb 15oz)
• 2nd Place: Sam Gibbons (1lb 7oz)
• 3rd Place: Nathan Gwyn (1lb 2oz)

Merthyr Angling Over 11’s

• 1st Place: Rhys Evans (4lb 7oz)
• 2nd Place: Anya Earp (2lb 7oz)
• 3rd Place: Mathew Maybank (1lb 11oz)

The match to be fished at Cyfarthfa Lake on Friday 19th June has been postponed and will now take place on Friday 3rd July. The draw is at 5:30pm and is a silver fish only Competition.

There will be a Ladies only match taking place on Cyfarthfa Lake on Saturday 4th July. Draw will be at 8:30am, fish 9am-1pm. Anyone wishing for information on the match, please telephone Bernard Farr on 01685 385 940.

Additional Information

With the Pike season opening on Tuesday June 16th all members are reminded that no fresh water dead baits are allowed and that only spinning or sea fish are allowed as a legal method.

Members are also required to carry an unhooking matt, a large landing net, and forceps at all times whilst fishing for pike or carp.

If there is anyone willing to participate in any voluntary river work, etc, for Association, please contact Gavin Jehu on 01685 722 261. We would be extremely greatful.

Catch Returns/Fishing Reports

If anyone with has any catch returns or fishing reports that they would like to submit, please contact Julian Burns on 07850 901 356 or email the Association via the Contact Us page.

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MTAA June 8th, 2009

- by Julian Burns

Cyfarthfa Lake

John Hodgeson and Ian Legge fished the lake on Saturday June 6th in terrible weather and landed 13 carp each, the best being landed by Ian; a linear mirror carp weighing 17lb 3oz on a boillie and method feeder along with a 3lb tench.

Penywern Ponds

John Taylor fished top pond last Friday and landed two mirror carp and three common carp on fishmeal boillies, the biggest weighing 19lb 5oz.

Pontsticill and Dolygaer Reservoirs

Christopher Tudor George fished Dolygaer last Thursday and landed an estimated weight of 60lbs of skimmer bream and a 12lb common carp landed on 6lb line and a ground bait feeder with a worm hook bait. It took Christopher 15 minutes to land the carp and he said he’d ‘never felt a fish with so much power’.

Upper Neuadd

Jason Smith fished the Neuadd last week and landed twelve brown trout and two rainbow trout on black hoppers and beetle patterns.

A fly box was found by a member at the Neuadd on Thursday 21st of May, to reclaim the fly box please contact Nigel Morgan our club sectary on 01685 377 848.

River Taff

John Coombs and Dillwyn Simms fished the river at Pontygwaith last Friday in very hard conditions with bright sun. They managed to land three fish each on grey dusters and partridge and orange flies.

River Usk

Richard Hillman landed the first Usk salmon of the season at the Ysbytty stretch on Sunday 24th May on a fly. It was a fresh run fish weighing in at 17lbs.

Rob Harvey fished the Mardy on Monday 1st June and landed a fresh run salmon on a flying condom. Both fish were returned to the river and members are reminded that all salmon must be returned to the rivers until June 16th.

Competitions

The Trout Away Competition was fished at Llyn Clywedog on the 31st May with a good turnout and with 51 fish were caught in total. 1st place for the seniors was Lee Mitchell with 8lb 6oz, 1st for the juniors was Declan Parker with 6lb.

A competition was held at the Neuadd on Monday 1st June. Senior winner was Philip Jehu, and the junior winner was Tom Jehu.

There was a summer league match fished on Cyfarthfa Lake on the 2nd June. 1st place was Dai Thomas with 7lb 2oz, joint second place were Steve Crowley and Clive Saunders with 6lb 7oz, and 3rd place was Bernard Farr with 3lb 2oz. The next match is on Tuesday 16th June at Dolygaer dam. Draw at 5.30pm, and fish 6pm-9pm.

Additional Information

Anyone wishing to volunteer for any river work, etc for the Association please telephone Gavin Jehu on 01685 722 261.

Catch Returns/Fishing Reports

If anyone with has any catch returns or fishing reports that they would like to submit, please contact Julian Burns on 07850 901 356 or email the Association via the Contact Us page.

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MTAA June 4th, 2009

Fly Box Found

On Thursday 21st May a fly box was found at the Upper Neuadd Reservoir by a member. To reclaim, please ring Secretary Nigel Morgan on 01685 377 848.

First Salmon Catches of 2009

On Sunday 24th May Richard Hillman caught and landed the first salmon to be caught on our Usk fisheries of 2009. Weighing 17lb, Richard caught the the fresh run fish on fly on our Ysbytty fishery.

On Monday 1st June Rob Harvey caught a 12lb fresh run fish at our Mardy fishery on a Flying ‘C’ spinner.

Both of the above fish were returned, but all members are reminded that all salmon caught before June 16th MUST be returned to the river.

Mardy Fishery Parking

All members are reminded that when parking at our Mardy fishery, all cars are to pull in as close to the bushes as possible and to leave a suitable walkway for pedestrians.

Competition Results

Results of the junior competition held at Cyfarthfa Lake for the Rhumney Breweries Cup and the senior competition for the MTAA Chairman’s Trophy are listed below. Well done all!

Rhumney Breweries Cup – Junior – Cyfarthfa Lake (29/05/2009)

• 1st Place: Liam Williams (5lb 3oz)
• 2nd Place: Daniel Jones (3lb 11oz)
• 3rd Place: Jamie Brown (2lb 0oz)

MTAA Chairman’s Trophy – Senior – Middle Pond (24/05/2009)

• 1st Place: Bernard Farr (3lb 2oz)
• 2nd Place: Ian Cathrew (2lb 2oz)
• 3rd Place: Phillip Jones (14oz)

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