[ The Story of one mans challenge into the art of Fly Fishing ]

 

River Tyleri:- Source of the river lies in the extreme north of the valley, a place known locally as the Dingle. Meandering down the middle of the dingle, it is joined by several small inlets and water from the Grwyne Fawr Reservoir. Further down, the river is captured and forms the District Reservoir, which sits quietly in the middle of the valley. The water overflows the dam and continues its journey towards the lower lake, its direction now governed by a man made channel. Passing a small wetland area, maturing as the years go by, it heads for the lower lake. Now flowing into the lower lake, it merges with, what seems to be, a never-ending water supply, which seeps from water channels built into the Mynydd James mountainside. Deep underground pipework now takes the river 1.5 miles from the lake, out of the valley towards the Foundry Bridge. It once again uses the original riverbed, but only for a short section, between the bridge and the library. Once again, an underground pipe system takes the river between the library and the Railway Inn. With both rivers Tyleri and Ebbw now merged, a journey, heading south towards Newport and the sea, had begun.

Reservoir:- Originally stocked with brown trout, but now the Abertillery angling club have regular stocks of rainbow trout delivered every season and only a few brown trout are now caught. Limited vegetation exist at the edges of the reservoir, but this doesn't deter the abundance of insect and plant life thriving.
Fishing:- The Reservoir is a fly fishing only venue, and season or day tickets are available from the Abertillery and District Angling Club or at the bank side. [ The Rainbow and Brown Trout ]

Wetlands:- A wetlands area located between Reservoir and lake, consists of three small ponds. Each contain an abundance of vegetation surrounding the edges, small fish, insect life and mini beasts all dwell here. Regular visits of Heron and other water fowl are often seen. [ Marginal Plants ]

Lakes:- Similar to the reservoir brown trout used to exist in abundance, but due to the continuous coal waste which used to seep into the lake, the fish where never allowed to thrive.
In the late 80s it became necessary to dredge the lake of thousands of tons of coal slurry. This not only added depth to the lake but it also allowed plant life and insects once more to developed.
Fishing The lake holds a good head of course fish including Roach, Bream, Perch and Carp, some carp weighing into the late teens. Regular adult and junior fishing matches take place, with day and season tickets available at the bank side. [ Common/Mirror Carp ] [ Perch ] [ Bream ] [ Roach ]

Other Pondlife
[ dragonfly ]

Pollution, poaching, fish in distress, flooding incidents or illegal dumping, should all be reported to the Environment Agency on 0800 80 70 60

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