Stillwater · Cambrian Slate Ordovician Volcanics · Wales / Snowdonia (Llanberis Pass), GB-WLS

Llyn Padarn

Llyn Padarn lake at Llanberis on a calm morning, with Snowdonia's mountains beyond the water.
Good · Trout
Minkie · 6-10
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Buzzer on Llyn Padarn
Useful ripple, fishable wave. Fishable ripple — drift the productive shore.
66% confidence

Llyn Padarn is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindSW 30 km/hFresh breeze
Today's fly
Minkie
Minkie6-10
Retrieve, sub-surface
Conditions on the water
Estimate
Wind
Fresh breeze
SW 30 km/h
N
SW
from the south-west
Wave60 cm wave
Water temp15.0°C
Air temp18°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure1012 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

No gauge on this water — readings are regional estimates from weather, not a live gauge.

How to fish it · for Trout
When
The buzzer is on. Daddy Longlegs may also come into play as the day warms. The breeze will be blowing terrestrial insects onto the water — check the wind lanes and downwind margins for rising fish.
Where
Work a bushy searching pattern on the bob and drop a contrasting nymph on the point.
The plan
Plan A

Work a bushy searching pattern on the bob and drop a contrasting nymph on the point.

Plan B

If the main plan is not working, switch to a smaller, more imitative pattern fished slower and deeper. A change of drift angle can also make a difference.

Watch for

Watch for Sedge towards evening — this could be the best window of the day.

Bank

Bank-only venue. Fish from accessible margins, points, weed edges, and inflows.

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey(1)

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Through the year
0–3 scale · September highlighted
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Heather FlyHatch
2
2
Daddy Long LegsHatch
2
3
2
Claret DunHatch
2
3
2
Murrough (Great Red Sedge)Hatch
2
3
2

Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
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Bays & launches · 1
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97-hectare moraine-dammed glacial lake below Llanberis Pass — wild brown trout shoreward, Arctic char (torgoch) in the deep water.
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What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
45%
Cloud50%
Wind30%
Temp60%

Conditions are away from Llyn Padarn's sweet spot — it usually fishes best in ripple wind with cloud skies.

Other water nearby · 5
Llyn Cwm Dwythwch
3.0 km
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Llyn Cwellyn
6.0 km
Brown trout · Arctic char · Salmon
Llyn Idwal
7.0 km
Brown trout
Llyn y Dywarchen
8.0 km
Brown trout · Rainbow trout
Llyn Bochlwyd
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Gallery · 2
  1. Llyn Padarn lake at Llanberis on a calm morning, with Snowdonia's mountains beyond the water.
    Llyn Padarn at Llanberis, Gwynedd, with the Snowdonia mountains in the background.
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
Why this score
  • Wind conditions (windy) are not ideal for this water.
  • Buzzer is in its seasonal window, boosting the chance of targeted feeding.
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