Country pursuits, outdoor activities & leisure in Wales

Powell nets the big carp

COLD weather didn’t stop some big carp coming to the net on the Specimen Lake at White Springs. Read

Brayley casts a winning line

THERE was some good casting in the Surfcast Wales tournament at Crack Hill, Cowbridge. Read

Tench unable to resist temptation on halibut hook

THIS time of year isn’t usually associated with tench fishing, but the hard fighting dark green fish living in the Match Lake at Dyffryn Springs don’t seem to know this. Read

Sixteen-year-old Rhys Flint does his first race double

RHYS FLINT, 16, came in for a plenty of praise after landing his first ever double at the South Devon fixture at Ideford Arch on Saturday. Read

The men who prefer some horseplay

Riding horses isn’t just for the girls, as Anwen Francis found Read

Nomads find their way to joint sixth spot

THE Cardiff Nomads team has moved up to joint second place overall after the sixth round of the Wye Teams of Six League. Read

Llewellyn flushed with success at the outfall

JUST four fish were caught in the Penarth SAC competition. Read

Match action at Cefn Mably Lakes

THERE is a two-day event at the Cefn Mably Lakes this weekend. Read

Roberts pole-axes his rivals on River Taff

POLE fished casters found the River Taff grayling when Roath angler Clive Roberts fished the Cardiff Nomads match and he won with 23lb 3oz. Read

THE Wye and Usk Foundation has a few salmon fishing season tickets available for a fixed day on the Dinas and Abercynig beats of the River Usk and also flexible any day basis on the Gromain, Llanstephan and Rectory beats on the River Wye. Read

Goode cod! Mike is the Penarth SAC heavyweight champ yet again

MIKE Goode followed up his Christmas Open win with a runaway first place in the Penarth SAC competition. Read

Early risers face wide choice of Sunday fixtures

THERE is an open match at Cefn Mably on Sunday that can be entered at the 9am draw. Read

Davies has all the fun of the fare – a month later

CHRISTMAS came late for members of Birchgrove (Cardiff) AS. Read

Preece beats frost to nobble Woodstock

THE overnight frost put a damper on sport at Woodstock Pond, where Rob Preece topped the open match catches with 20lb 12oz. Read

Rich pickings with maggots and sweetcorn

A 31lb catch of carp on waggler tackle with maggots or sweetcorn on the hook put Blackwood member Richard Baldwin out front when Cefn Forest AC fished the Bridge Pool at Cefn Mably Lakes. Read

Woodstock fishing festival

SUNDAY sees the first Newport Open of the year on Woodstock Pond with the draw between 8.30 and 9am and fishing from 10am to 3pm. Read

Phil Taylor hits a bullseye with the carp

LLANHARRY angler Phil Taylor has been catching carp to 8lb at Seven Oaks Fishery as has Rhondda angler John Turner and Dean Barrett, from Bridgend. Read

O’Reilly reels in the big one at Cefn Mably

CARDIFF’S Anthony O’Reilly moved up one place from the previous week when he won the open match at Cefn Mably Lakes with 44lb 12oz of carp. Read

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THE 10lb rainbow landed by Andy Phillips was the heaviest fish during a week when wind and rain made fishing difficult. Read

Novice Darren finds cod down at Cardiff Bay

DESPITE the weather, 17 anglers turned up for the first of the free coaching sessions organised by the Cardiff Bay Harbour Authority and the Welsh Federation of Sea Anglers. Read