Start with Olive Damsel (10-12) — on the point. 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.
If the main plan stalls, drop to a size 14–16 midge — switch to a washing-line or suspender rig and change drift line before you change food group.
Watch for Sedge towards evening — this could be the best window of the day.
Good ripple suits both bank and boat. Bank: work inflows, dam walls, and points. Boat: broadside drift covering wind lanes.
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
Boat-friendly, competition-influenced, often wind-driven, with strong top-of-water periods but also classic deep searching and washing-line phases.
A good match for Llyn Brenig — most conditions are close to what it fishes best in.
919-acre upland reservoir on the Hiraethog moors above Cerrigydrudion. One of Wales's premier stillwater trout fisheries — boat and bank. Stocked with brown and rainbow trout, with wild browns breeding in feeder streams. Competition venue. Excellent buzzer, Diawl Bach and damsel fishing. Visitor centre and boats from sailing club end.
NRW WFD Cycle 3 (lake) — Llyn Brenig: Moderate ecological status. Re-tagged 2026-06-18 from a feeder-river reach to the reservoir's own lake waterbody. Source: NRW DataMapWales WFD Cycle 3 classification layer.
NRW (Wales) · GB31133923
919-acre upland reservoir on the Hiraethog moors above Cerrigydrudion.
Start with Olive Damsel (10-12) — on the point. 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.
If the main plan stalls, drop to a size 14–16 midge — switch to a washing-line or suspender rig and change drift line before you change food group.
Watch for Sedge towards evening — this could be the best window of the day.
Good ripple suits both bank and boat. Bank: work inflows, dam walls, and points. Boat: broadside drift covering wind lanes.
Hatch predictions
Top nymph shown — see all 3 guilds with Pro.
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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.
Boat-friendly, competition-influenced, often wind-driven, with strong top-of-water periods but also classic deep searching and washing-line phases.
A good match for Llyn Brenig — most conditions are close to what it fishes best in.
919-acre upland reservoir on the Hiraethog moors above Cerrigydrudion. One of Wales's premier stillwater trout fisheries — boat and bank. Stocked with brown and rainbow trout, with wild browns breeding in feeder streams. Competition venue. Excellent buzzer, Diawl Bach and damsel fishing. Visitor centre and boats from sailing club end.
NRW WFD Cycle 3 (lake) — Llyn Brenig: Moderate ecological status. Re-tagged 2026-06-18 from a feeder-river reach to the reservoir's own lake waterbody. Source: NRW DataMapWales WFD Cycle 3 classification layer.
NRW (Wales) · GB31133923
