Carw is further out on the same moorland ticket as Claerwen and Gynon, and it's got a reputation — modest, local, but real — for wild browns that run bigger than you'd expect from a lake this size, fish pushing past the pound for anyone who puts the legwork in. There's no shortcut to it; you earn the fishing with the walk. Fly only, same permit that covers the reservoir and the rest of the club's natural lakes, which makes it an easy add-on to a Claerwen day if you're willing to keep going a bit further into the hills. Bring a map. The satisfaction here is roughly proportional to how far you're prepared to walk.
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- Silurian mudstone shale