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Fishing: Great catches at Raglan

THE warmer weather is going down well with the fish at Lower Pen y clawdd Farm, Raglan. Read

Points race on at city open

THE Seamaster points race is on again on Sunday at the Newport Sea Anglers Open Championship along the beach from the garden in front of the Old Lighthouse at St Brides. Read

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Trout are being caught all along the wall and are feeding close to the surface. Read

White on full bream to shed light on the deep

THE first Rhymney AS match of the year at Butetown Pond was fished with a strong wind sweeping the water so Martin White overcame the problem by using a groundbait feeder to reach the deeper water well out from his peg on the natural bank. Read

Sign for Wye and Usk online

MANY of the River Usk and River Wye beats available through the Wye and Usk Foundation can now be booked on-line. Read

Book your place at Woodstock weekend

THE big weekend fixture is the penultimate match in the Newport AA Spring Series at Woodstock Pond. Read

Andy bags a hat-trick for going the distance

ANDY Copping turned in a fine performance to finish overall winner of the Surfcast Wales tournament at Crack Hill, Cowbridge. Read

Shooters take aim for competition

THE annual British Association of Shooting and Conservation .410 World Championship takes place on Saturday, September 6 at the Mid Wales Shooting Centre in Trefeglwys, near Caersws in Powys. Read

White Springs into Bank Holiday action

THE big fixture this weekend is the two day Bank Holiday Festival at White Springs on Sunday and Monday. Read

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THE 9.25lb rainbow landed by Treherbert fly fisherman Mike Davies was the best fish of the week. Read

Caerphilly angler is the big cheese at Festival

NEIL Morgan, from Caerphilly, turned in a great performance to win the three-day Spring Festival at Holgan Farm against a field of anglers from various parts of Britain, who travel each year for this popular fixture. Read

Davies taking the Gwent SAC lead with his six dogfish

GWENT SAC members found some fish at Ogmore by Sea and the winning bag was six dogfish, a whiting and a ray adding up to 5.45kg and caught by Owen Davies. Read

Sherlock tells tale of carp

HOPES were running high when Glamorgan AC members arrived at Turley Court for their match on Orchard Pool. Read

THE big weekend fixture is the fourth match in the Newport Spring Series at Woodstock Pond.

The draw is from 8.30-9am and fishing from 10am-3pm. Read

Gamlin gets the measure of the rays at Monknash

CARDIFF SAA fished to measure and release rules at Monknash where club chairman Derek Gamlin won the day with three rays and a brace of dogfish giving him a total fish length of 320cm. Read

The salmon stakes are raised on River Wye

ALTHOUGH the River Wye has been well above normal level salmon anglers who ventured out have caught a few fish. Read

Another open victory going Howard’s way

THERE seems to be no stopping Howard Green as he racks up win after win, the latest coming in the Sunday open at Cefn Mably Lakes. Read

Bob’s bream haul at White Springs

THERE was a disappointing entry for the Riverside Fishery Open, but the anglers who stayed away because of the poor weather missed a great day’s fishing. Read

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THE really big trout haven’t shown up, but fish to 10lb have been caught on small Montana nymphs and tadpole flies. Read

Davies’ conger is top catch at Barry

FISH were far from plentiful at Barry where the best effort in the Gwent SAC competition was a conger weighing 1.29kg caught by Owen Davies. Read

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