Stillwater · Ordovician Volcanics · Wales / Snowdonia (Blaenau Ffestiniog uplands), GB-WLS

Llynoedd Barlwyd

A small dark upland lake reflecting the sky, surrounded by grassy hillside and scattered rocks, with a hill rising behind it.
Good · Trout
Minkie · 6-10
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Sedge evening rise expected on Llynoedd Barlwyd
Good wave on — drift country. Drift fishing weather — three flies on a long leader.
66% confidence

Llynoedd Barlwyd is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindN 7 km/hLight breeze
Today's fly
Minkie
Minkie6-10
Retrieve, sub-surface
Conditions on the water
Estimate
Wind
Light breeze
N 7 km/h
N
N
from the north
WaveRipple
Water temp—
Air temp9°C
CloudClear
Pressure1026 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
June–August; best on overcast, breezy days
Where
Set up a broadside drift and cover the water systematically. Work a bushy searching pattern on the bob and drop a contrasting nymph on the point. Keep a sedge-style dry or emerger on a short leader for the evening rise.
The plan
Plan A

Set up a broadside drift and cover the water systematically. Work a bushy searching pattern on the bob and drop a contrasting nymph on the point. Keep a sedge-style dry or emerger on a short leader for the evening rise.

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

Evening tends to be the best period in summer — stay late if you can for a sedge or spinner fall.

Bank

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

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey

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Through the year
0–3 scale · August 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
Trout fly box
Bays & launches · 1
Day ticket via Cambrian Angling AssociationAccess varies
Two linked moorland lakes (10-acre and 5-acre) around a 30-minute walk from the Crimea Pass lay-by, holding wild brown trout; covered by the Cambrian AA's single day ticket across the whole llyn portfolio.
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What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
66%
Cloud25%
Wind100%
Temp60%

A reasonable day here, though cloud isn't quite in the sweet spot.

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Gallery · 2
  1. A small dark upland lake reflecting the sky, surrounded by grassy hillside and scattered rocks, with a hill rising behind it.
    The upper reservoir of Llynau Barlwyd
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
Why this score
  • Wind conditions (ripple) closely match what this water fishes best in.
  • Sedge is in its seasonal window, boosting the chance of targeted feeding.
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