Stillwater · Mixed · West Wales

Garnffrwd Park

Garnffrwd Lake, a wooded trout fishery lake near Porthyrhyd, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Marginal · Trout
Black Buzzer #12-14 · 10–14
A patient day, if you fancy it
Useful ripple, fishable wave. Slow going — pick your moments and do not force it.
42% confidence
limited data
What moved it
  • WindN 5 km/hCalm
Today's fly
BB
Black Buzzer #12-1410–14
Static or slow on a long leader — the staple stillwater chironomid.
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Calm
N 5 km/h
N
N
from the north
WaveRipple
Water temp—
Air temp13°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure1015 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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How to fish it · for Trout
When
Mild overcast days with a light ripple; strong hatches spring through summer make dry fly and buzzer the standouts.
Where
Start with Black Buzzer (12-14) on a slow, natural presentation — check locally for the preferred method. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses. If that does not produce, switch depth or speed before changing the pattern entirely.
The plan
Plan A

Start with Black Buzzer (12-14) on a slow, natural presentation — check locally for the preferred method. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses. If that does not produce, switch depth or speed before changing the pattern entirely.

Plan B

Fish early and late, try deeper during the heat of the day with a fast-sinking line.

Watch for

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

Bank

Bank fishing near inflows, dam walls, and weed beds. Move to find feeding fish.

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

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Through the year
0–3 scale · July highlighted
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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
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N
D
Daphnia SwarmHatch
2
3
3
3
2
Daddy Long LegsHatch
2
3
2
Lake OliveHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
Silverhorns & LonghornsHatch
1
2
2
2
1

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

Ranked for today
Trout fly box
BB
Black Buzzer #12-14Top
10–14 · Buzzer
Static or slow on a long leader — the staple stillwater chironomid.
DB
Diawl Bach #12
10–14 · Nymph
On a team, slow retrieve through the top few feet.
OE
Olive Emerger #14
14–18 · Dry
Cast to rising fish and let it drift drag-free.
DN
Damsel Nymph #10
8–10 · Damsel
Slow figure-of-eight through weed margins in summer.
EH
Elk Hair Sedge #12
12–14 · Sedge
Evening sedge — twitch or dead-drift it as the light goes.
MP
Mayfly pattern #10 (late spring)
14–18 · Dry
Cast to rising fish and let it drift drag-free.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
38%
Cloud25%
Wind30%
Temp60%

Conditions are away from Garnffrwd Park's sweet spot — it usually fishes best in light_ripple wind with mixed_to_overcast skies.

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Gallery · 2
  1. Garnffrwd Lake, a wooded trout fishery lake near Porthyrhyd, Carmarthenshire, Wales
    Garnffrwd Lake trout fishery, Carmarthenshire
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
Why this score
  • Wind conditions (ripple) are not ideal for this water.
  • Patterns drawn from the South & Mid Wales Small Fisheries regional profile.
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