With the club now 104 years old and with more to offer it's members than ever before, we are pleased to say, we now own or lease more waters than any time during that period.
The club provides both coarse and game fishing facilities on our waters and at present the Club controls 7 lakes and 5 rivers, which provide some of the best fishing in South Wales. Our aim is to promote the sport of angling and to create, maintain and protect freshwater fishing of all kinds. 

The Club is looking forward to the future with more up and coming events including Senior and Junior Club Match's, the annual 48 hour Charity Match, Carp Competitions and future projects for the benefit of members of our club.

Latest News 12th May 2008.

24 hr carp comp – May 10^th - May 11^th 2008 - Treoes

Ok folks, let’s start with all the facts and figures and some photos. Here we go..

There were 25 competitors in total, consisting of 21 singles and 9 pairs entries. We had trophies for Singles winner-biggest bag, Singles runners up-biggest bag, Biggest specimen, Pairs combined weight winners and Pairs combined weight runners up.

The Gallery

Above: The trophies, all new and shiny, including the booby prize for the lowest scorer.

 
Above: Singles winner Julian Addecott (Mal) being presented his trophy by the match organizer Nigel ‘Sproggy’ Sproston.

Above: Singles runner up Ian Griffiths.

Above: Pairs winners Ian Griffiths and Kevin Feeley.

Above: Pairs runners up Jarck Van Vuuren and Julian Addecott.

 
Above: Nigel ‘Sproggy’ Sproston holding his much deserved Specimen Fish trophy, awarded to himself by himself for a cracking 17lb 10oz grass carp.

 
Above: I don’t know whether that’s a smile or Steve Marsh is about to burst into tears! But all the same a fitting trophy for our best loser. Colin looks a little bewildered at this point as I’d just given that spam to him for an afternoons session and Steve goes and wins it! Go figure..?

Well, that’s the tale of the tape and a cracking weekend was had by all. The weather was absolutely beautiful, though it did seem to turn the fish off feeding until after dark and in some swims not at all. A lot of comment was made to the superb works that have been carried out on Treoes and I know I speak for us all in thanking Brian Dickman and his team for making Treoes a venue to be proud of and one that caters for every member young and old, able and disabled.

Fishing during Saturday daytime proved a hard task for everyone with only a handful of carp being caught. Dusk produced carp with more regularity and the night produced the winning bags. This includes Nigel Sprostons scuba diving method that landed him his specimen grassy. Jarck Van Vuuren commented to me (Mal) that Sproggy must be into a big fish as he heard an almighty SPLASH across the lake. In fact this WAS sproggy going headfirst into his swim for an after-dark dip with the fishies, well done Nigel. Dawn broke on Sunday morning  with the lake covered in mist and a stunning orange/red sky, worth the effort to get up so early, the sun rose to a clear sky and again we enjoyed hot sunshine throughout the competition. Fish were spawning along the island fringes once again and proved to be a tough quarry during Sundays stint.

Thanks

It goes without saying that Nigel deserves a huge thank you for his efforts in organizing the 24hr carp comp series. Organizing these events is no easy task and he does a fine job in getting it right, well done Sproggy.

Another big thank you to Brian Dickman for very kindly donating the trophies for this match and allowing the series to become self funding as a result.

Thank you to Colin Farnham and his team for looking after Treoes throughout the year and maintaining a very high standard of venue for the members to enjoy.

And finally, a thank you to the participants for your superb company, crazy antics, scuba diving and of course taking part. See you all on the next one.

GAC’s unofficial roving match reporter,

Mal.

2008 Closed Season Arrangements.

Details of the fisheries open (and closed) are given below. (All dates are inclusive).

Note: Between 15th March to 15th June there is a ban on the use of keep nets on all waters that are open. Please remember that all other club rules apply. Members should be aware that the committee intends to vary the waters that are open and closed during March to June every year, members should not presume what was open in 2007 will be open (or closed) in 2008.