Caerphilly & District Angling Association

Caerphilly & District Angling Association has been providing local fishing in the Caerphilly area for over 68 years. It’s largest and most popular water is Caerphilly Castle moat.

The club also have access to Castle View lake, Semtex lake Brynmawr, the river Rhymney and the river Wye at Wyesham.

We can also provide guiding and coaching services through South Wales Angling coaching https://www.southwalesanglingcoaching.co.uk/

Caerphilly Castle moat is situated in the town centre of Caerphilly with the stunning backdrop of a 13th century castle. The moat in all is around 30 acres in size and has three areas for fishing, the North lake, South lake and Front lake.  The stock is around 300 carp with a mixture of commons and mirrors up to 26lb with currently around 45 fish over 20lb. The moat also contains tench, bream, roach, perch, eels and pike.

Semtex lake is in Brynmawr on the site of the now demolished Dunlop Semtex factory. The lake is a real gem though with numerous reed beds and islands. Night fishing is permitted to all senior members with a full club licence (Semtex only licence is day only) although a syndicate will be in place once the lake has been developed. The current carp stock is around 60 fish to 27lb. The lake also contains some fantastic tench, roach, perch, pike, bream and eels.

Wyesham is one of the most scenic stretches in the lower reaches, unspoilt countryside and fantastic fishing. The stretch is considerable in length so there’s plenty of scope for exploring with a float or to roam with a feeder rod. Large numbers of barbel inhabit this stretch to 10lb plus. Mostly unexplored for pike there’s always the possibility of a specimen to those willing to put the hours in.

Please be aware there are seasonal restrictions on access to Wyesham, the stretch has a salmon ghillie who regularly bailiffs . Members receive the gate code on joining.

Castle view lake is located in the Castle view estate in Caerphilly. Defined by a large island in the middle this small lake offers a wide variety of coarse fish to target with some interesting surprises. The carp stock is around 100 that go up to 18lb. The lake also offers some excellent roach fishing and specimen perch.

The river Rhymney is an intimate river with plenty of good sport both for fly and coarse anglers. It hosts outstanding grayling fishing which have been caught close to 3lb in recent seasons. Brown trout, chub and barbel to 9lb 12oz. Salmon numbers are increasing compared to previous years and turning up as accidental captures by coarse anglers more often than you’d expect. Day tickets are available.