Fishing

River Rheidol bordering the farm

One of the best fishing spots on the Rheidol

Aberystwyth Angling Association offers both the expert and novice game fisher exciting sport in some of the most unspoilt and scenic countryside in Wales.

Fish for native brown trout on one of our nine lakes, using fly, spinner or worm (depending on the lake). During the coch-y-bonddu season the lakes can literally boil with fish!

Try your hand at night time fishing for double-figure sea trout, or sewin as i’s known in Wales, on 16 miles of the rivers Rheidol and Ystwyth

The association has fishing rights on 16 miles of both banks of the river Rheidol from the sea to Devils Bridge (except for a small section detailed on the map of the Rheidol). The river enjoys an international reputation as one of Wales’ premier salmon and sea trout fisheries with double figure specimens of both species being caught on a regular basis.

In Wales, sea trout are usually called sewin. The river is relatively small, mostly being less than 30 metres wide. There are around forty named and identified pools from the aptly named “Quarry pool” to the delightfully named “Troedrhiwlas” meaning the foot of the blue hill.

The flow of the river is largely governed by a hydroelectric scheme that can cause the river level to rise very quickly and unexpectedly. Whilst this can be problematic if night fishing, it does also mean that the river can go into spate even on a dry summers day.

Wading rivers always carries a risk, but extra special care is needed in the Rheidol, as generating water can cause the river level to rise quite considerably in just a few minutes. Fly, spin, earth worm and prawn fishing are allowed within the specified dates and regulations.