Club Waters

Before going fishing ensure that you have a licence. It is not worth risking a fine of up to £2,500. Licences can be bought at major Post Offices or online through this link. It can be for a day, a week or a year. Most river bank is owned or leased by clubs so you also need their permission.

The waters we fish are in North and West Wales. Full details of all the club beats are to be found in the Members' Area. Access to this is restricted to current members. If you are a member without means of access please contact us and we will set you up on the system.

In general terms, however, the river beats include stretches on the Dee, the Wnion, the Mawddach, the Clwyd, the Elwy, the Conway and some smaller tributary rivers; and we also have several lakes.

The Welsh Dee, known locally as Afon Dyfrdwy, was called Deva by the Romans - all of which means "goddess", and it certainly is majestic. It flows for over 100 miles from its source in the Ddualt Range of Snowdonia to its estuary between Wales and Wirral. From the mountains it feeds into the western end of Llyn Tegid (Bala Lake) and flows out again eastwards through Corwen and Llangollen before turning north towards Wrexham and Chester. We have beats spread along the upper, mid and lower reaches of this great river.
The Dee is renowned among anglers for game fishing. It is also one of the best rivers in the country for winter grayling making it invaluable for all year round fishing.

The Ddualt Range acts like a watershed. To the east flows the Dee, but on the west side is another system which feeds the Wnion and Mawddach rivers. These join forces below Dolgellau before heading out to Barmouth and Cardigan Bay. We have access to several beats on both rivers which can be very productive and exciting when conditions are right.

The beautiful Vale of Clwyd holds another system. The Clwyd and the Elwy are the main rivers here which converge below St Asaph and flow out near Rhyl on the north coast. Sewin (sea trout) is the preoccupation when levels are good, but there is no shortage of salmon as well. The purist will be in his element on the higher reaches and tributaries where wild browns abound.

For the stillwater fisherman we have a number of lakes within this area. They vary considerably in size and stock. Most are well stocked with rainbow and brook trout, some hold natural wild browns, while in others you may find rare species such as arctic char and gwyniad - relics of the ice age.