Fly Fishing in Caerphilly

One water so far: the Ynys-y-fro Reservoirs, two stocked trout lakes of 16 and 9 acres run by a fly fishing association, with day tickets.

Catch and release sewin, salmon, trout and grayling on the Ogmore and its branches, a fly only Ewenny, and a club stretch of the Llynfi.

Quieter: 4 beats rather than the 8 listed here.

Wild trout and grayling on the Taff, Cynon and Rhondda, with £10 Osprey Fly Fishers day passes, plus four stillwaters from Dare Valley to Llyn Fawr.

Two members’ rivers held by Glamorgan Anglers Club, the Taff through the city and the Ely at St Fagans, for trout, grayling, sea trout and salmon.

Trout and salmon on the Usk, Monnow and Honddu booked through the Fishing Passport, members’ water on the Usk, Monnow and Trothy, two lower Wye salmon beats, and the Llandegfedd and Ravensnest stillwaters.

Quieter: 4 beats rather than the 8 listed here.

Wild trout and salmon on the Usk and upper Wye, Irfon, Ithon and Edw streams booked through the Fishing Passport, club water around Rhayader, and Elan Valley, Clywedog and Vyrnwy reservoirs.

Quieter: 4 beats rather than the 8 listed here.

Cotswold limestone streams, mostly club water, plus Forest of Dean brooks and a small rainbow trout reservoir.

Day tickets for salmon on the middle Wye, wild trout and grayling on the Lugg, Arrow and Dore, small Wild Stream brooks, club water, and a trout lake at Bromyard.

Different fishing: chub and perch on top of what you get here.

Sea trout and salmon on the Towy, Cothi and Teifi through the Fishing Passport, clubs and estates, small spate streams for brown trout, and the Usk Reservoir, Garnffrwd, Upper Lliedi and Springwater lakes.

Farmoor Reservoir on Oxford’s doorstep, and Cotswold-edge streams on the Windrush and Glyme that are members’ water.

Big reservoirs at Chew, Blagdon and Wimbleball, Exmoor’s Barle and Exe, and small wild-trout streams run by clubs.

Different fishing: chub on top of what you get here.

Small spring-fed trout lakes at Bransford and Hanley Castle, and wild trout on the Leigh Brook for club members.

Wild trout and grayling on the Teme, Onny, Clun and Worfe, a £5 day ticket at Craven Arms, stocked lakes at Ellerdine and a club with water across the county.

Sea trout and salmon on the Cleddau and the Nevern, mostly on club and association permits, plus Llys-y-frân reservoir and Foxhill Trout Fishery.

Wild brown trout and sea trout on Devon's moorland rivers, the Dart, Taw and Torridge.

Upland llyns, the Teifi Pools and Llyn Berwyn, the Teifi from Tregaron to the lower river, the Rheidol, Ystwyth and Aeron for sea trout, and the trout lakes at Nine Oaks.

The Chilterns chalk streams - the rare, spring-fed Chess and Misbourne.

Different fishing: wild trout and pike on top of what you get here.

Draycote Water, a 590-acre reservoir near Rugby, fished from bank or boat for brown and rainbow trout.

Day tickets on the trout lakes at Albury, Frensham, Birtley and Halliford Mere, and members’ club water on the River Wey.

Pay as you fish river beats on the Camel, Fal and Inny, club tickets for sea trout and salmon, and moorland reservoirs and trout lakes that sell day tickets.

Different fishing: trout and pike on top of what you get here.

Members’ water on the Dove, Churnet and Hamps, and Loynton Trout Fisheries, where a day ticket is £30 to £45.

Day tickets at Tringford and Rib Valley’s Millennium Lake, and members’ water on the Mimram, the Old River Lea and the Rib, mostly with waiting lists.

Quieter: 3 beats rather than the 8 listed here.

Club water on the lower Welsh Dee around Pontcysyllte, Erbistock and Bangor-on-Dee, members’ beats on the Ceiriog, and a fly only day ticket on the River Alyn.

Grafham Water, a large reservoir near Huntingdon fished fly only for stocked rainbow and brown trout from bank or boat.

Trout lakes at Arundel, Petworth, Chichester, Herstmonceux, Burwash and Powdermill, day tickets on the Western Rother at Midhurst, and sea trout and small stream water held by clubs on the Rother, Ouse and Medway.

Members’ water on the Darent, Great Stour and Teise, and trout lakes at Spring Hill, Stowting, Chequertree and Tenterden that sell day tickets.

Different fishing: blue trout and chub on top of what you get here.

Rutland Water for stocked trout from bank or boat, and the Guash Fishing Club’s members’ water on the Gwash.

Two stillwaters: Wal Goch, a fly only spring fed lake near Nannerch, and Forest Hill, four shaded farm lakes near Mostyn.

Welsh Water’s reservoirs sold from Llyn Brenig, Fishing Passport llyns above Dolgarrog and Ogwen, Llyn Elsi, and the Conwy, Llugwy and Lledr at Betws-y-Coed and Llanrwst.

Snowdonia llyns on the Fishing Passport, Llyn Trawsfynydd and the Ffestiniog lakes, the Seiont, Llyfni and Ogwen for sea trout, the Mawddach at Dolgellau, and the Dee at Bala.

Different fishing: blue trout on top of what you get here.

The Dee from Corwen to Llangollen, the Clwyd and Elwy around Ruthin and St Asaph, and Llandegla’s fly pools, mostly on club and association water.

Two fly only lakes: Llyn Cefni, a reservoir with bank and boat tickets, and Llyn Coron, a wild lake of brown trout and sea trout.

Meadow Lake at Narborough, fed by the chalk River Nar, and the East Tuddenham trout lakes.

Wild trout and grayling on the Tees and its Teesdale becks, Fishing Passport day tickets, club water on the Wear, the Waterside Parks reservoirs and stocked fly lakes near Seaham, Bearpark and Stockton.

Yorkshire's chalk stream outlier - the most northerly system in Britain.

Salmon on the English bank of the Tweed, wild trout on the East Allen and Wansbeck, and trout lakes.

Different fishing: trout on top of what you get here.