Start with Booby (8-10) on a fast strip on floating line or static on sinking. 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. On a flat-calm surface, swap bushy searching dries for flush-in-film emergers — Suspender Buzzer or Shuttlecock — and fish a long leader.
If surface work dries up, try a diawl bach or hare's ear on the point and skate a sedge pattern on the bob at last light.
Evening tends to be the best period in summer — stay late if you can for a sedge or spinner fall.
Flat calm suits bank fishing near features — points, weed beds, and inflows where fish patrol.
Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
A reasonable day here, though temperature isn't quite in the sweet spot.
Artificial fly-fishing reservoir in exclusive salmonid mode. Day passes available. Brown and rainbow trout stocked. Spring through early autumn fishing. Good for developing fly skills. Check directly with venue for current stocking levels, catch limits, and facility details.
WFD ecological status Good → Moderate corrected to EEA WISE 2022 (3rd RBMP) classification for waterbody FRDR10607 (was a stale earlier-cycle value). Source: EEA WISE SWB_SurfaceWaterBody (discodata.eea.europa.eu), verified 2026-06-18.
WFD classification · FRDR10607
Artificial fly-fishing reservoir in exclusive salmonid mode.
Start with Booby (8-10) on a fast strip on floating line or static on sinking. 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. On a flat-calm surface, swap bushy searching dries for flush-in-film emergers — Suspender Buzzer or Shuttlecock — and fish a long leader.
If surface work dries up, try a diawl bach or hare's ear on the point and skate a sedge pattern on the bob at last light.
Evening tends to be the best period in summer — stay late if you can for a sedge or spinner fall.
Flat calm suits bank fishing near features — points, weed beds, and inflows where fish patrol.
Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
A reasonable day here, though temperature isn't quite in the sweet spot.
Artificial fly-fishing reservoir in exclusive salmonid mode. Day passes available. Brown and rainbow trout stocked. Spring through early autumn fishing. Good for developing fly skills. Check directly with venue for current stocking levels, catch limits, and facility details.
WFD ecological status Good → Moderate corrected to EEA WISE 2022 (3rd RBMP) classification for waterbody FRDR10607 (was a stale earlier-cycle value). Source: EEA WISE SWB_SurfaceWaterBody (discodata.eea.europa.eu), verified 2026-06-18.
WFD classification · FRDR10607
