Stillwater · Ordovician Volcanics · Wales / Llŷn Peninsula (Eifionydd, Dwyfor catchment)

Llyn Cwmystradllyn

Still blue water of Llyn Cwmystradllyn with a submerged boundary fence, green hills, and an old slate quarry scar on the far hillside under a cloudy sky.

Cwmystradllyn is Pwllheli & District's headline stillwater, a reservoir on the Llŷn side of the Snowdonia boundary stocked with rainbows and blue trout over a base of wild browns — a more varied bag than most of the small upland llyns manage.

Fair · Trout
Minkie · 6-10
A respectable few hours, if you choose your moments
Good wave on — drift country. A useful wave. Work the productive shore.
45% confidence
limited data

Llyn Cwmystradllyn is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindN 9 km/hLight breeze
Today's fly
Minkie
Minkie6-10
Retrieve, sub-surface
Conditions on the water
Estimate
Wind
Light breeze
N 9 km/h
N
N
from the north
WaveRipple
Water temp
Air temp11°C
CloudBroken
Pressure1023 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.
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

Sedge should come on through the afternoon as the water warms.

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
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The association's headline reservoir — stocked rainbows and blue trout over a base of wild browns, in the quieter Dwyfor catchment west of Snowdonia proper.
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What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
88%
Cloud100%
Wind100%
Temp60%

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

Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 2
  1. Still blue water of Llyn Cwmystradllyn with a submerged boundary fence, green hills, and an old slate quarry scar on the far hillside under a cloudy sky.
    Llyn Cwmystradllyn
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

Cwmystradllyn is Pwllheli & District's headline stillwater, a reservoir on the Llŷn side of the Snowdonia boundary stocked with rainbows and blue trout over a base of wild browns — a more varied bag than most of the small upland llyns manage. The club keeps its site current, which is more than can be said for some of the region's waters, and Cwmystradllyn benefits from it: better information, a clearer stocking picture, and a reputation as the association's most reliable sport. It sits in the Dwyfor catchment on the quieter, western edge of the mountains, away from the Snowdon crowds, and gives the Llŷn Peninsula's anglers a genuine stillwater option without having to cross into Eryri proper for it.

  • Lake
  • Ordovician volcanics
Why this score
  • Wind conditions (ripple) closely match what this water fishes best in.
  • Cloud cover (cloud) suits the fishery well.
  • Sedge is in its seasonal window, boosting the chance of targeted feeding.
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