Day ticket fishing in North Wales on the beautiful Welsh Dee

The Welsh Dee offers some great fishing in North Wales for grayling, trout, sea trout, or salmon in beautiful surroundings.

This resource reviews the day ticket options available and lists the clubs which have membership options. Also included are links to fishing resources that will help you get the most out of a day fishing on the Welsh Dee.

Introduction to fishing on the Welsh Dee

The Welsh Dee and its tributaries offer high-quality fishing for grayling, brown trout, sea trout, and salmon. Its one of the finest grayling rivers in Europe and has hosted many international competitions, including the World Championships, and is the venue for the annual Hanak Grayling Festival.

The Dee is approximately 70 miles long from its source on the slopes of Dduallt above Llanuwchllyn in the Snowdonian mountains. Between its source and Bala Lake, the river is known by its Welsh name, Afon Dyfrdwy.

Several tributaries join the river on its journey to the sea, which also offers good fishing i.e. Tryweryn, Alwen, Clywedog, Alyn, and Ceiriog.

River Dee day ticket fishing in North Wales

It’s wonderful that several fishing clubs offer day tickets to fish the Welsh Dee because this allows anglers on holiday to go fishing in North Wales and experience this beautiful river. Also, it enables newcomers to the sport to sample what the fishing clubs have on offer before becoming members.

Llangollen-Maelor Angling Club

Llangollen-Maelor Angling controls 10 miles of grayling, trout, sea trout, and salmon fishing on the Welsh Dee, in an area of outstanding natural beauty.

The majority of this fishing can be accessed using a day ticket, which is available to buy online or from local ticket outlets.

I’ve fished these beats for 30 years and written guides on how to fish this stretch of the river.

The following link takes you to the mobile-friendly fishing guides…

Bangor-On-Dee Salmon Anglers

Bangor-On-Dee Salmon Angling club controls the fishing on 7 beats on the lower Welsh Dee. However, day tickets to fish for grayling, trout, sea trout and salmon are only available for their Village beat. These are available from local ticket outlets.

I’ve been a member of the club for 7 years and produced articles fishing the pools on the Village beat.

The following link takes you to useful articles on…

If you are interested in becoming a member of Bangor-On-Dee Salmon Anglers, click here to apply

Bala and District Angling Association

Bala and District Angling Association have four beats on the Upper Welsh Dee. These can be fished on a day or season ticket, which are available from local ticket outlets.

My favorite beat is below the picturesque bridge at Llandderfel, where I love to fish for trout and grayling. Especially when the middle and lower beats are not fishable because the river is in spate.

Useful blog posts on fishing at Llandderfel are accessed via the following link…

The Glyndwr Preserve

Midland Flyfishers Glyndwr Preserve has 2.5 miles of fishing on the River Dee above Llangollen.

A limited number of day tickets are available to fish this charming beat for trout and grayling fishing. Tickets are booked using The Fishing Passport website.

Useful blog posts on fishing the Glyndwr Preserve are accessed via the following link…

Additional River Dee fishing clubs

In addition to the clubs that offer day tickets, there are several offering members-only fishing on the Welsh Dee. Some of which have reasonably priced annual memberships. This list includes the fishing clubs that I’m aware of, with links to their websites.

I’ve endeavoured to be thorough with this article on fishing in North Wales on the Welsh Dee, but please let me know of any omissions or errors that need correcting.

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