Beacons is the highest of the three Taff Valley reservoirs and the most properly wild — fifty-two acres of upland water mostly populated by wild brown trout, with a handful of large rainbows still circulating from older stockings. Fly only, which is the right rule for water like this. The reservoir opens 20 March and runs to early October. Bookable on day-ticket via the Fishing Passport — £14.50 catch-and-release, £9 juniors. The setting is what makes it: high Brecon Beacons sky, the cwm steepening behind you, and the kind of wind that decides what kind of day you'll have.
- Reservoir
- Old red sandstone