"riverman" wrote in message ...
(OK, I put this into the 'snowballs chance in hell' category...)

I have an open week in midJune before I need to be in Plymouth, England for
grad school. I've made some reservations to get myself into south-central
Wales from June 15-20, as there are apparently quite a few very nice
trout/greyling/salmon streams there, amongst the headwaters and tributaries
of the Why and Usk rivers. I'm planning on renting a car and a small suite
at a B&B in a small Welsh (Welch?) town that has a pub, some interesting
local culture, some good food, some scenery, and some trout streams.

If anyone has a week off, needs/wants to be on this side of the pond, and
wants to do some exploring of the region and do some flyfishing,
Wales-style, get in touch. It would be fun to have the company.

--riverman

The last time I looked into trout fishing in the UK I was spending my
last year of high school attending seventh form first year at a
grammar school in Southampton which was a long, long time ago but from
looking at http://www.fishing-in-wales.com I don't think things have
changed that much.

To fish for trout (a "game" fish as opposed to a "course" fish),
either you belong to a Fishing Club or you rent a room in a hotel that
has Fishing Rights. Either way you are allowed a specific part of a
specific stream (the "beat" system).

The Fishing Clubs seemed to have many-year-long waiting lists so the
best bet for game fish is a hotel with Fishing Rights.

The good thing about England was Public Footpaths which allowed you to
wander across the countryside pretty much at will and the bad part was
when the footpath followed a great looking stream there was no way you
could ever fish.

For wandering and fishing at whim in the UK, you must fish sal****er.