Caerphilly & District Angling Association
Unfortunately all available spaces for the Gold Membership which includes Caerphilly Castle Moat have now been filled for the 2024-2025 season, apart from for junior members.
We do however have spaces available on our silver and bronze membership options which cover all other CDAA venues.
Day Tickets are available for the river Rhymney.
No day tickets are available for Caerphilly castle moat or Semtex lake.
Caerphilly & District Angling Association has been providing local fishing in the Caerphilly area for over 70 years. It’s largest and most popular water is Caerphilly Castle moat.
We also have access to Semtex lake Brynmawr, the river Rhymney and the river Wye at Wyesham.
Caerphilly Castle Moat
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 two areas for fishing, the North lake & South lake. The stock is around 300 carp with a mixture of commons and mirrors up to and over 33lb. with currently around 70 fish over 20lb. The moat also contains tench, bream, roach, perch, eels and pike. Please see the maps emailed when joining for banks where fishing is permitted and Rules section prior to fishing.
Semtex Lake - Brynmawr
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 club night syndicate will be in place from June 2021. The current carp stock is around 70 fish to 28lb. The lake also contains some fantastic tench, roach, perch, pike, bream and eels. Please see the maps emailed when joining for banks where fishing is permitted and Rules section prior to fishing.
River Wye - Wyesham
This area of the Wye is one of the most scenic 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 - fishing is coarse only and available October 18th until March 2nd ONLY, the stretch has a salmon ghillie who regularly bailiffs . Members will receive the gate code on joining. Please see the maps emailed when joining for banks where fishing is permitted and Rules section prior to fishing.
River Rhymney
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 please register HERE and go to “Make a booking”. Please see the maps emailed when joining for banks where fishing is permitted and Rules section prior to fishing.