Stillwater · Ordovician Volcanics · Wales / Snowdonia (Blaenau Ffestiniog uplands), GB-WLS

Llyn Cwm Corsiog

Calm upland lake (Llyn Cwm Corsiog) surrounded by rocky, grassy banks with misty hills in the background, Snowdonia.

Corsiog is the smallest, shallowest thing in the Cambrian AA book, and it fishes like it — a modest pool of peat-stained water tucked in below Conglog that colours quickly in wind and clears just as fast.

Fair · Trout
Minkie · 6-10
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Good drifting conditions on Llyn Cwm Corsiog
Good wave on — drift country. A useful wave. Work the productive shore.
59% confidence

Llyn Cwm Corsiog is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindNW 13 km/hGentle breeze
Today's fly
Minkie
Minkie6-10
Retrieve, sub-surface
Conditions on the water
Estimate
Wind
Gentle breeze
NW 13 km/h
N
NW
from the north-west
Wave20 cm ripple
Water temp
Air temp14°C
CloudBroken
Pressure1024 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
June–August; best on overcast, breezy days
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.
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.

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
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Bays & launches · 1
Day ticket via Cambrian Angling AssociationAccess varies
Very small, shallow moorland pool near Llyn Conglog; covered by the Cambrian AA's single day ticket across the whole llyn portfolio.
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What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
65%
Cloud70%
Wind65%
Temp60%

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

Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 2
  1. Calm upland lake (Llyn Cwm Corsiog) surrounded by rocky, grassy banks with misty hills in the background, Snowdonia.
    Llyn Cwm Corsiog
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

Corsiog is the smallest, shallowest thing in the Cambrian AA book, and it fishes like it — a modest pool of peat-stained water tucked in below Conglog that colours quickly in wind and clears just as fast. Don't come expecting size; come expecting the particular pleasure of fishing water nobody else bothers with. The wild brown trout here are small and willing rather than selective, which suits a short evening session when you've already walked further than planned to reach the bigger neighbours. Treat it as a bonus stop on a longer day in this corner of the uplands, not a destination in its own right.

  • Lake
  • Ordovician volcanics
Why this score
  • Daddy Longlegs are in their seasonal window, boosting the chance of targeted feeding.
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