Glamorgan Angling club have fishing on the River Ely, from the St Fagans area down to the Cardiff bay barrage lake. The upper stretch has brown trout, grayling and a few coarse fish. Lower down there are chub, pike, grayling, silvers and eels. A river day and season ticket for the Ely (and Taff) are available from Garry Evans Tackle shop on Whitchurch Rd, Cardiff. Anyone can apply for a Taff/Ely only Season Ticket at any time. The river Ely has been re-stocked in early 2021 with a variety of coarse fish species, including barbel.
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Species at this location
Brown trout
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