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.
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.
Keep an eye on changing conditions — wind shifts and cloud breaks can trigger short feeding spells.
Bank-only venue. Fish from accessible margins, points, weed edges, and inflows.
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A reasonable day here, though cloud isn't quite in the sweet spot.
The highest of the Ogwen Valley AA waters at six hundred and seventy-eight metres — a tiny Carneddau cwm lake, two hundred and fifty by a hundred and fifty metres, in the cwm beneath Pen yr Ole Wen and Carnedd Dafydd. Excellent wild brown trout to a pound on a water you can walk round in twenty minutes if you don't fish it. Traditional fly only, no bubble float. Forty-five to sixty minutes' walk in from the road.
The highest of the Ogwen Valley AA waters at six hundred and seventy-eight metres — a tiny Carneddau cwm lake, two hundred and fifty by a hundred and fifty metres, in the cwm beneath Pen yr Ole Wen and Carnedd Dafydd.
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.
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.
Keep an eye on changing conditions — wind shifts and cloud breaks can trigger short feeding spells.
Bank-only venue. Fish from accessible margins, points, weed edges, and inflows.
Hatch predictions
Top nymph shown — see all 3 guilds with Pro.
Start free trial14-day free trial. Cancel anytime.
Hatch predictions
Top prey shown — see all 5 with Pro.
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
A reasonable day here, though cloud isn't quite in the sweet spot.
The highest of the Ogwen Valley AA waters at six hundred and seventy-eight metres — a tiny Carneddau cwm lake, two hundred and fifty by a hundred and fifty metres, in the cwm beneath Pen yr Ole Wen and Carnedd Dafydd. Excellent wild brown trout to a pound on a water you can walk round in twenty minutes if you don't fish it. Traditional fly only, no bubble float. Forty-five to sixty minutes' walk in from the road.
