Stillwater · Limestone · North Wales / Anglesey, GB-WLS

Llyn Cefni Reservoir

Open water of Cefni Reservoir across the broad flat surface in winter light.

Llyn Cefni is Anglesey's second principal stillwater — a modest reservoir managed for public fly fishing.

Good · Rainbow
Diawl Bach · 12-14
Goodlive now
Evening session looks promising at Llyn Cefni Reservoir
Good wave on — drift country. Drift fishing weather — three flies on a long leader.
66% confidence

Llyn Cefni Reservoir is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindN 5 km/hCalm
Today's fly
Diawl Bach
Diawl Bach12-14
Washing-line, sub-surface
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Calm
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from the north
WaveRipple
Water temp—
Air temp14°C
CloudBroken
Pressure1021 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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How to fish it · for Rainbow
When
The sedge is on at Llyn Cefni Reservoir. The ripple should help fish move and feed more confidently. Evening can bring a surface rise — have a dry fly or emerger ready.
Where
Start with Diawl Bach (12-14) — on the bob / top dropper — slow figure-of-eight retrieve. 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.
The plan
Plan A

Start with Diawl Bach (12-14) — on the bob / top dropper — slow figure-of-eight retrieve. 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.

Plan B

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.

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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Through the year
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Daphnia SwarmHatch
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Daddy Long LegsHatch
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Lake OliveHatch
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Silverhorns & LonghornsHatch
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Rainbow fly box

More compact-water behaviour, often winter-friendly, with simple lures, blobs, boobies and small naturals all in play depending on water colour and stocking freshness.

What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
91%
Cloud70%
Wind100%
Temp100%

Conditions are ideal for Llyn Cefni Reservoir — wind, cloud and temperature all line up.

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Gallery · 2
  1. Open water of Cefni Reservoir across the broad flat surface in winter light.
    Cefni Reservoir
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

Llyn Cefni is Anglesey's second principal stillwater — a modest reservoir managed for public fly fishing. It produces solid sport on buzzers and nymphs, with bank access and occasional boat availability. The shallow limestone water means reliable food chains and consistent hatches. Spring and early summer are best; autumn can be productive after a spate. This is a straightforward day-ticket water — no pretense, no drama, just a chance to be on trout in a genuine wild setting. The Anglesey isolation gives even this workhorse water a quiet, undisturbed feel.

  • Reservoir
  • Limestone
Water quality (WFD)
  • Ecology: Moderate
  • Chemical: Unknown
What this classification means

NRW WFD Cycle 3 (lake) — Cefni Reservoir: Moderate ecological status. Re-tagged 2026-06-18 from the Braint river reach to the reservoir's own lake waterbody. Source: NRW DataMapWales WFD Cycle 3 classification layer.

NRW (Wales) · GB31032926

Why this score
  • Wind conditions (ripple) closely match what this water fishes best in.
  • Temperature (cool) is in the sweet spot for summer fishing.
  • Sedge is in its seasonal window, boosting the chance of targeted feeding.
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 15 March → 5 October
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