Hi All,

Thought I would update you guys on a little gem of a spot found by shear accident this week by my fishing buddy and me.

Wed Afternoon was a scorcher down south wales and we thought with some limited time their was no chance to get onto the river so we decided to have a nudge at some small still water (as im still a beginner) so of we rushed to Dyffryn Springs to get on the lakes there. But alas they were closing as we arrived (which was a suprise at 4pm on a beautiful sunny day). So scratching our heads we headed up to Canada Lake (which neither of us had been to before).

To our suprise this seculded little lake with beautiful scenery was empty also. We struggled to find anybody around to pay for fishing so decided to start. First few casts and bang onto a very lively Brownie around 1.5-2lb with a really nice silver colour to it (looked like a small sewin).

The evening turned into some lovely rising fish (some jumping a good metre out of the water!) 4 fish later 3 good rainbows 2-4lbs each (2 taken on dries) and another small brownie finished a grand evening of fishing. The owner finally came down round 9pm and charged us £8 for catch and realease which made it even better!

Heres a few pics










Fish were all in great shape (fins perfect and a lot of fight to them) Would recommend an afternoon here if you in the area. Also the owner said there is some big cock brownies that prove a worthy advisory if you can find them!

Andy

Canada Lake

Glad you liked the place Andy, I fish it now and again as I don't live to far away, you are lucky c&r is £12.

Havn't been there for a few years. They were building a lodge for wedding parties etc. Is that all finished now?

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Yep they have a couple of lodges up there now... the other is hidden further into the trees (not lakeside)

Heres a pic of the one by the lake.

Thanks for posting the pics and the review! I am thinking of going down this Sat.

I moved to Cardiff last year so haven't had a chance to fish in Wales (yet!) - actually I haven't done any flyfishing for a few years....

Any tips, advice, recommendations, etc. would be greatly appreciated!

I've driven past it many times without knowing it was there, maybe I should have a look.

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“There is no more lovely country than Monmouthshire in early spring. Nowhere do the larks sing quite so passionately, as if somehow inspired by the Welsh themselves. There is a blackbird on every thorn and a cock chaffinch, a twink as they call him there, on every bush...... It moved me profoundly. I had been spared to see another spring, and I thank God for it.”

Oliver Kite
“A Spring Day on the Usk”
A Fisherman’s Diary

Yep same here - I finally checked it out a few weeks ago and it looked good but nobody was fishing. Whether that is a good or bad thing I don't know!

Can you recommend other places near Cardiff apart from this lake? As I have not fished for several years, I feel like I am a beginner!

Llandegfedd and Ynys y fro reservoirs - both Newport area unfortunately - are good value for money and offer much more interesting fishing than the small lakes dotted around Cardiff.

Western Power continue to ruin Llanishen reservoir which was the best trout fishery Cardiff will ever see. They're draining it completely now, hard to believe really.
Anyone interested to read how large foreign corporations can buy up national assets and destroy them for profit please read this!

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hi dillon. let us know how you get on. i'm thinking of giving that place a bash soon. good luck with it mate.

burhan

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Well past the light
But at the end of the day
It's the end of the day

Burhan

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My in-laws live in Llanishen and I used to enjoy the odd evening on the two pools. I didn't know that they were in such a dire state. My personal favourite in the area is Llandegfedd and living at Monmouth as I did in those days I fished it a lot. It's a very fertile water with a pH similar to Blagdon that is capable of growing very big trout (and other fish) but you do have to get to know the hotspots to do consistently well.

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“There is no more lovely country than Monmouthshire in early spring. Nowhere do the larks sing quite so passionately, as if somehow inspired by the Welsh themselves. There is a blackbird on every thorn and a cock chaffinch, a twink as they call him there, on every bush...... It moved me profoundly. I had been spared to see another spring, and I thank God for it.”

Oliver Kite
“A Spring Day on the Usk”
A Fisherman’s Diary