Taff

[sewinfly]

River very high and swollen, lots of trees floating down.If anybody needs an update in a few days time(weeks!!!) drop me a line and I will check for you.

sewinfly...................

[grunt]

Yes please. I went down last Sunday behind the station at Radyr and it was high and coloured then. I am hoping to go next Sunday.

[jj1]

the taff just got on to the foot path at 10.am above eastern avenue bridge, 12 ft above normal level (opposit bank to uwic), and the lollypops on the boat landing above castle bridge where in danger of ending up in the bay! its gona take a few days for this one to drop!

[Hoppy]

jj1 said:

the taff just got on to the foot path at 10.am above eastern avenue bridge, 12 ft above normal level (opposit bank to uwic), and the lollypops on the boat landing above castle bridge where in danger of ending up in the bay! its gona take a few days for this one to drop!

Were any taking dries

Hoppy ;D ;D

[sewinfly]

Will try to keep you all updated as soon as it drops off,other wise a 10ft uptide rod with a
6 0z grip lead should cope with czech nymphs on a running ledger rig!!!!!!!

sewinfly

[sewinfly]

Taff has dropped a couple of feet,but still high.
Looking at it today by the Millenium Stadium the water is starting to clear,not the ddirty water of a couple of days ago.
Keep you informed.

sewinfly............

[sewinfly]

Taff has dropped down now but still carrying some extra water and running clear.Anybody needs an update on conditions please get in touch.Fish will be spread out and will take time to settle probably,after the rain we had.

sewinfly..........

[grunt]

Hi ya,
I went out today at Radyr. Got a couple. I have only ever fished around Radyr and I was wondering if anyone can suggest anywhere else worth trying.
Diolch
Grunt

[Teifi Terrorist]

grunt said:

Hi ya,
I went out today at Radyr. Got a couple. I have only ever fished around Radyr and I was wondering if anyone can suggest anywhere else worth trying.
Diolch
Grunt

Always worth a fish around Radyr, Grunt - holds a huge head of grayling, and a good head of big fish - probably partly due to the groundbating done by the coarse anglers on that beat.

Some good fishing it to be had further down too, but it's quite near the city centre by then, and, at times, you can get some unwanted attention.

Further up there's some fantastic fishing to be had too. Couple of clubs to look out for; Ospreys have got some water around the Upper Boat, just below Pontypridd. Fynnon Taff anglers have got quite a bit of water arounf the industrial estate etc. in the, funnily enough, Taffs Well area.

Hope to be down at the weekend, so some updates from those living local would be much appreciated.

TT.

[edd]

It is in good condition at the moment, had a go yesterday had 7 grayling all tidlers apart from the last fish of about pound n half.

Rain forcast for tomorrow and on thursday, hope we dont get to much.

Regards.
edd.

Ps has anyone got any info on osprey angling club or Fynnon Taff
please. ;D

[jj1]

the taff around treforest i still 8 inches above perfect for the fast shallow runs, should be spot on by thursday if the rain doesnt come!
jj

[jj1]

edd, contact cliff harveys fishing tackle shop about the ospreys,
im not sure if ffynon taffs books are closed now, they where capping the membership at 100, and they where getting close to this befor christmas.
jj

[grunt]

I have been trying to use the Czeck nymph method but I'm not sure if I'm doing it right at all. I am casting upstream with 3 weighted nymphs but I'm not getting any takes until it has moved past me and the line has been caught by the current and is below me. Last Sunday I could only get takes fishing down and across and mending the line. Please can anyone help.

[T7]

It may just be that you are getting bites but they are hard to detect. When bugging (although I admit I am in no way an expert) the bites can be really subtle as the fish takes the fly and quickly spits it out again. I may be wrong but I don't think they usually "turn" with the fly when fishing like this, so bites can be difficult to spot.

Try wading as deep as you can to cover the fish with as short a line as possible (if it is a shallow river this won't be a problem) so bites are easier to see. If the line/indicator moves at all...strike!!

TT, Hoppy and the other grayling boys will correct me if I'm wrong and give you some better advice I'm sure, but that's how I'd fish it.

[sewinfly]

Fished the Taff this morning for a couple of hours,river still running a few inches high but very clear landed about 20 grayling this morning.Quite a few small fish but also managed some mid 30 cm fish,
Lost 2 crackers that swam out to mid river and used their dorsal fin to good effect(came off).Also a nice hatch of up winged flies light brown in colour.
Grayling were not interested in czech nymphs all caught on white/grey gold heads.
At the moment using libary P.C. as mine is down, so if anybody needs an update give me a ring on the mobile.
sewinfly

[dai]

Sewinfly,

you had a good day, glad to see the river down and fish able, been getting fedup with all this rain and high water. but will be on the Taff a lot next week now ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Dai

[Diawlbach]

Lost 2 crackers that swam out to mid river and used their dorsal fin to good effect (came off) .

It doesn't get any more exciting than that!

[sewinfly]

Hopefully this will come out!!!!
Heres one of the mid 30 cm fish.Beauty ;D

[dai]

lovely looking fish, very clean like all the fish i see on the taff.

Dai

[sewinfly]

They were all clean fish that day Dai with the sun shining on them,like bars of silver.
Sewinfly