Any members on her belong to the Rhyl ans St Asaph club. If so what are their waters/beats like ?

Hi Welsh Wizard,

To start I am not a current member of the club, but I used to be many years ago.

During my time at the club I caught many Sea Trout and Brownies to the fly, spinning and trotting the worm.

The club has a web site which I’ve included the link for you.

Also give Foxons a call, or drop in to see them, as they know a bit about the River Elwy and the club. I gather that they also sell day or weekly tickets for non-club members.

All the best.


Rhyl & St Asaph Angling Association

I'm not a member of Rhyl & St. Asaph but I am a member of Clwyd & Denbigh AC that often have the opposite bank to them on the River Clwyd and I have fished quite a few of the Rhyl waters.

They have some decent beats on the lower and middle Clwyd which can be very good and right in the best part of the river for sea trout and salmon. Where the banks are shared the CDAC probably have the better side as pools generally fish from either the right or left bank but not both. They also have some good beats of the Elwy again right in the best part of the river and probably have the best club water on the river.

The best Elwy beats are managed on a limited rod basis and have to be booked (I think through Foxons) to keep the pressure sensible but others have no rod limit.

For me one of the jewels in their crown is a small still water where the pH is about 7 the water is clear (most of the time) and trout grow on really well with stocked rainbows and native browns growing to over 6lbs.

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Not currently a member, but was many years ago, before StAsaph and Rhyl joined together.
Fished mostly between StAsaph and Rhuddlan (Gypsy Lane beat) on fly at night and got plenty of seatrout (up to 10lb) on Falkus type sunk lures fished slow and deep though pools and marabou wing flies across the surface under trees. I'd say pop into Foxons and have a word there, always worth a visit when in the area.