Stillwater · Silurian Mudstone Shale · Wales / Clwydian Range (Alyn catchment), GB-WLS

Llyn Cae Newydd

A small reservoir lake with an embankment dam, surrounded by snow-covered fields and bare trees, near Cilcain in the Clwydian Range.

Cae Newydd is Cilcain's newer water, tucked into the Clwydian hills where the fishing has none of the drama of Snowdonia and all the quiet competence of a well-run local club.

Fair · Trout
Minkie · 6-10
Fairlive now
Sedge evening rise expected on Llyn Cae Newydd
Good wave on — drift country. A useful wave. Work the productive shore.
64% confidence

Llyn Cae Newydd is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindNW 16 km/hGentle breeze
Today's fly
Minkie
Minkie6-10
Retrieve, sub-surface
Conditions on the water
Estimate
Wind
Gentle breeze
NW 16 km/h
N
NW
from the north-west
Wave20 cm ripple
Water temp
Air temp12°C
CloudClear
Pressure1025 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 sedge 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.
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. Keep a sedge-style dry or emerger on a short leader for the evening rise. 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. Keep a sedge-style dry or emerger on a short leader for the evening rise. 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.

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

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Through the year
0–3 scale · August highlighted
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Heather FlyHatch
2
2
Daddy Long LegsHatch
2
3
2
Claret DunHatch
2
3
2
Murrough (Great Red Sedge)Hatch
2
3
2

Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Trout fly box
Bays & launches · 1
Day ticket via Cilcain Community ShopAccess varies
Cilcain FFA water in the Clwydian hills, topped up monthly with Chirk Trout Farm rainbows alongside resident wild browns.
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What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
52%
Cloud25%
Wind65%
Temp60%

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

Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 2
  1. A small reservoir lake with an embankment dam, surrounded by snow-covered fields and bare trees, near Cilcain in the Clwydian Range.
    Cilcain No 3 Reservoir
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

Cae Newydd is Cilcain's newer water, tucked into the Clwydian hills where the fishing has none of the drama of Snowdonia and all the quiet competence of a well-run local club. The Association tops it up monthly with rainbows from Chirk Trout Farm, so there's always something fresh in the water alongside the resident wild browns, and it fishes accordingly — steady rather than spectacular, the kind of lake you rely on for an evening after work rather than a pilgrimage. Tickets go through the Cilcain Community Shop, which tells you most of what you need to know about the scale and character of the operation. Small, well-kept, unpretentious.

  • Lake
  • Silurian mudstone shale
Why this score
  • Sedge is in its seasonal window, boosting the chance of targeted feeding.
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