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Fishing in
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With its 240 salmon and
trout rivers, hundreds of upland lakes and numerous lowland stillwater
venues, as well as 750 miles of coastline, Wales has a wealth of fine
fishing to offer. At our holiday cottages you can enjoy quality
fishing, traditional Welsh hospitality and friendship, and all among the
most beautiful countryside.
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Click on a cottage BWTHYN Y SAER  HAFOD Y WENNOL Wales Tourist Board Accredited Accommodation Anglers Welcome |
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River Fishing |  '.....two hours and a million miles away' |
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West Wales is an area blessed
with some of the finest river fishing in Europe, with jumbo sewin, brown
trout and salmon prominent in river catches. There
are even a few grayling in the rivers of South Wales but first and
foremost it is the thrill of catching sewin - magnificent, mysterious
sea trout - on the fly at night that draws anglers from far and wide to
these world famous spate rivers. The holiday cottages are a 30 minute drive from the River Towy, 60 minutes from the River Teifi, 2 minutes from the River Tawe and 5 minutes from the River Neath. For more information about fishing on the River Tawe. click here |
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| Stillwater Game Fishing |
Best of Both Worlds |
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fisheries where you can catch three-pound trout on the dry fly are
plentiful in the area and some of them have their own hatcheries.
Fisheries such as White House Mill, near Whitland, and Felindre, just
outside Swansea, offer much more than fishing; they are ideal retreats
for the angler's family too. Another great spot is Crai Reservoir in the Brecon Beacons National Park, where wild brown trout may be caught. |
If you visit South Wales for a UK fishing holiday, you don't have to make that painful choice between a family holiday and a fishing holiday; here you can have the best of both worlds. |
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you are accustomed to hard-fished venues where boilies and particle
baits are essential to success, why not step back in time and use more
traditional methods on the unpressured fisheries of South-west Wales? Fendrod Lake in Swansea holds carp approaching 30lb, while the nearby Singleton Park is close to a children's play area, the beach and a pub, making it an ideal family venue. Further east you come to Margam Country Park. The park offers a fun-packed day out for all the family, and in addition to the attractions of deer and adventure playgrounds there are three lakes. The fishing is of high quality with skimmer bream, rudd, tench, eels, crucian carp and, of course, common and mirror carp. Most baits will take fish here, with sweetcorn, bread and maggot being especially productive. (Boilies and particle baits are not permitted.) click here |
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The cottages are situated some 20 minutes from the Swansea Wales UK to Cork South Ireland ferry terminal, 80 minutes from the Pembroke Wales UK to Rosslare South Ireland terminal and 90 minutes from the Fishguard Wales UK to Rosslare South Ireland ferry terminal. We are also 30 minutes from Swansea Airport from which you can fly to Dublin. |
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Sea Angling |
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a wide variety of fishing opportunities available to the sea angler
visiting South-west Wales UK. There are countless rock marks, tidal
estuaries and unpopulated beaches; and Milford Haven, a large
fjord with deep and sheltered water, offers excellent sea fishing many
miles inland - A new venue for each day of your fishing holiday in
Wales! Bass from the Gower Peninsula one day, mackeral from the
Pembrokeshire coast the next. Many sea anglers make South-west Wales in
the UK their regular holiday destination. |
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Boat Fishing |
The Bristol Channel |
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Swansea is a focal point for boat fishing
in the area. It holds national status as one of the longest
standing charter ports in the UK. For many years anglers have flocked to the South west corner of Wales to fish the productive grounds within Swansea Bay itself and marks further afield off the Gower Coast and in the Bristol Channel. There are excellent launching facilities at The Knab, near Mumbles, at the beaches at Port Eynon and Oxwich Bay, and at Burry Coast further up the coast. During the autumn and winter, cod and whitting are the dominant species at Swansea, but from April through to October a much wider mix of fishing is on offer. On a typical day trip on a charter boat out of Swansea you could start by drifting for bass using light tackle and live sandeels. Later, you might anchor over a sandbank and fish for rays and turbot. For your final session, the skipper might move to another mark so that you can try for tope. |
The Bristol Channel has the second highest tidal range in the world and relatively shallow waters. This means that autumn and winter cod fishing is superb, while spring and summer visitors have a wide choice of fish species and angling techniques. Boat fishers often do well around Christmas time and early in the New Year, when specimen cod are plentiful. |
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Other Attractions.... |
Fishing Wales |
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| The holiday cottages are located in an idyllic spot with easy access to the many and varied tourist attractions that South Wales has to offer. If you fancy a day off from fishing, you may wish to visit the Gower Beaches, Brecon Beacons National Park, many of the UKs finest casltes, The City of Swansea, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, Dylan Thomas's birthplace, Dan-Yr-Ogof Showcaves NW Europes largest cave system, The Vale of Neath's waterfalls, Hay on Wye Town of Books, the National Botanic Gardens of Wales, the capitol city of Cardiff and the Millenium Stadium and much more! |
Material taken from the Wales Tourist Board publication 'Fishing Wales', a joint initivative between the Wales Tourist Board, Hamdden plc and the Environment Agency. For a copy of the publication call 029 2045 7766. |
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