Stillwater · Carboniferous Coal Measures Pennant Sandstone · Wales / South Wales (Taff Bargoed Valley)

Bargoed Park

Bargoed Park venue image

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.

Fair · Rainbow
Diawl Bach · 12-14
Fairlive now
Buzzer expected on Bargoed Park
Good wave on — drift country. A useful wave. Work the productive shore.
62% confidence
What moved it
  • WindNE 13 km/hGentle breeze
Today's fly
Diawl Bach
Diawl Bach12-14
Washing-line, sub-surface
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Gentle breeze
NE 13 km/h
N
NE
from the north-east
Wave20 cm ripple
Water temp—
Air temp15°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure1023 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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How to fish it · for Rainbow
When
The buzzer is on. Damsel Nymph 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.
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. In the ripple, a bushy searching dry (Hopper, Shipman's, Elk Hair Caddis) outperforms flush emergers — it stays visible and holds the surface tension.
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. In the ripple, a bushy searching dry (Hopper, Shipman's, Elk Hair Caddis) outperforms flush emergers — it stays visible and holds the surface tension.

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.

Boat — drift

A gentle ripple is ideal for drifting — broadside drift covering the wind lanes should be productive.

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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Through the year
0–3 scale · July highlighted
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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
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
Rainbow fly box
Gammarus Scud (Olive)
Gammarus Scud (Olive)
10-14 · Gammarus Scud
Washing-line, sub-surface
Bays & launches · 1
Day ticket via Fishing PassportAccess varies
Restored post-industrial 5-acre two-lake park fishery — stocked brown and rainbow trout, year-round access, platforms and disabled pegs.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
71%
Cloud50%
Wind65%
Temp100%

A good match for Bargoed Park — most conditions are close to what it fishes best in.

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Gallery · 1
  1. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
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
  • Temperature (cool) is in the sweet spot for summer fishing.
  • Buzzer is in its seasonal window, boosting the chance of targeted feeding.
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