Stillwater · Carboniferous Coal Measures Pennant Sandstone · Wales / South Wales (Taff Bargoed Valley), GB-WLS

Bargoed Park

Bargoed Park terrain map

Bargoed Park is the unlikely one — a restored post-industrial park fishery in the Taff Bargoed Valley just outside Trelewis, on Coal Measures geology that's wholly different from every other water in this batch.

Good · Trout
Minkie · 6-10
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Buzzer on Bargoed Park
Good wave on — drift country. Drift fishing weather — three flies on a long leader.
66% confidence

Bargoed Park is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindW 18 km/hGentle breeze
Today's fly
Minkie
Minkie6-10
Retrieve, sub-surface
Conditions on the water
Estimate
Wind
Gentle breeze
W 18 km/h
N
W
from the west
Wave20 cm ripple
Water temp14.8°C
Air temp18°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure1020 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 ripple is helpful — fish should move onto the feed and a slow-drifted team or single wet will cover water well. The breeze will be blowing terrestrial insects onto the water — check the wind lanes and downwind margins for rising fish.
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.
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.

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)

Hatch predictions

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Through the year
0–3 scale · September highlighted
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Reservoir BuzzerHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
Daphnia SwarmHatch
2
3
3
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
Bays & launches · 1
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Restored post-industrial 5-acre two-lake park fishery — stocked brown and rainbow trout, year-round access, platforms and disabled pegs.
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What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
59%
Cloud50%
Wind65%
Temp60%

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

Other water nearby · 5
Afon Cynon
11 km
Brown trout
River Rhymney
12 km
Brown trout · Sea trout
Llwyn-on Reservoir
17 km
Brown trout · Rainbow trout
River Ely
18 km
Brown trout · Sea trout
Talybont Reservoir
21 km
Brown trout
About this water

Bargoed Park is the unlikely one — a restored post-industrial park fishery in the Taff Bargoed Valley just outside Trelewis, on Coal Measures geology that's wholly different from every other water in this batch. Two lakes, four-acre top and one-acre bottom, stocked with brown and rainbow trout, with platforms, disabled pegs and a snack bar. Year-round access. Fly and worm permitted. The opposite of the high Carneddau llyns but exactly what some days call for.

  • Lake
  • Carboniferous coal measures pennant sandstone
Why this score
  • Buzzer is in its seasonal window, boosting the chance of targeted feeding.
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