Sandy the 'benchman' nails his first sewin of the season!

Sandy Newlands has got his first fish of this season last night! Sandy, who is now famous for his fantastic wood working skills and the amazing bench and rod rack that he made and donated to the club, went out last night in the hope of getting lucky! It was his first trip of the season, as he has to travel a considerable distance to get to the river so he decided to spend a couple of nights fishing. His efforts were rewarded well with a 5 lb bar of silver! He told me that he had other offers too so it really does appear that the season is now well and truly under way! Well done Sandy and good luck for tonight! Watch this space to see if he scores again!

Tight lines

kingfisher

Big fish are running?

Eifion has sent me this brief report!


A large fish has been caught on our water last Friday however I am waiting for confirmation!

A announcement from Eifion!

I would like to take the opportunity on behalf of Llangadog Angling Ltd and its members to thank Sandy for his donation of the bench and rod rack, which we hope will last for many years.

Regards

Eifion

P.S Sandy needs to invest in a caravan after having to leave the river early last Thursday due to a heavy frost!!!!

Forum snippet!

Eifion has copied me into this forum thread which might interest members? Not good reading though!

kingfisher

Re: Tywi Report 2012
« Reply #46 Yesterday at 8:39pm »

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The following might upset alot of people who really care about our River Towy. How the Hell is this allowed to happen in this day and age?!

I have just received the 2011 DECLARED Towy coracle catch details from the Enva Agency.

The 8 nets took 594 Sewin & 57 Salmon out of the River system.
57 Salmon weighing 497 lb and 594 Sewin weighing 3302 lb.

One net alone took 33 salmon (297 lb) & 254 Sewin (1483 lb)
This net alone probably made well over 10 GRAND selling its catch at £6 per pound.

How much longer can this slaughter last because I doubt VERY much
if any fish were returned to the river.

To put this into perspective, the club im a member of on the lower Towy has over 400 members, and the Coracles have not far off doubled the total of Sewin caught by the whole of the club for last season. AND 40 to 50 per cent of the club sewin caught were also returned to the river.

The coracles are defo having a negative impact on our river END OF !

We have a bench and rod rack in Crewel!

I am sure that you will all be pleased to learn that we now have a bench and a road rack installed at Crewel Pool! Yes, Sandy Newlands has made them over the winter period in his garden shed and has now installed them last weekend and I must say they look really good! I am sure you will all join me in thanking Sandy for this gift to all of us - thank you Sandy!! How he finds time to do these things I don't know but he does manage to fit things into his busy schedule which includes building work which is his day job and recording his own songs as he is an accomplished vocalist, guitarist and drummer! Has been known to catch the odd fish too I'm told?

The working party have been hard at work as seen below - looks as though worming in Crewel Pool will now be much better executed from the left bank anyway? Well done to those members who turned out!

Pictures courtesy of Jeff Davies

Work Party!

Eifion has asked me to announce this:-

A Work Party will assemble at Devannah at 10.00am this Sunday 25th March! Whilst it is too short a notice for me personally I hope some members will be able to make it?

kingfisher

Tackle For Sale?

Tell us if you have some fishing tackle for sale!

Rodney Byles has this:-

Hi Everyone.

I am selling my Hardy Delux Classic 11ft, 335cm, 7/8 weight 3-piece fly rod, which I have had since new. It's had comparatively little use and is in excellent condition. I have put it up for auction on ebay at the following link.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/220972782775?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

Hope it's of interest and please feel free to ask any questions.

Rod

Crewil Pool Rules

As you are now aware we have been able to rent the above pool this year and have discussed at length the way to fish the pool it has been decided that there will be a marker positioned above the pool at approx the same level as the marker below the pool this will signify the depth of water running through and the method of bait used to fish it,

1. When the water is below the marker fly only and the same dates as for the bottom waters will apply.

2. When waters are higher than the marker any method of fishing can be used worm, spinning or fly.

We would like to point out at this stage that the rules in your permit holders are still to be adhered to.

Access will only be by walking to the pool from either Manordeilo, Glanrhyd pump house, Tyr Isaf or we have now obtained another access via Glanbrydan and this can be seen on the map which is included within this letter. No vehicles are allowed to access the pool only for maintenance purposes.

Regards

The Committee