Stillwater · Ordovician Volcanics · Wales / Snowdonia (Migneint uplands, Conwy catchment)

Llyn Diwaunedd

A moss-covered rock in the foreground of a calm upland lake, with bare mountain slopes rising behind under a clear sky.

Diwaunedd is fished, oddly enough, by a club from the Wirral — Hoylake Fly Fishers make the trip in from across the water to look after this remote patch of Snowdonia upland, which tells you something about how far anglers will travel for a lake worth the walk.

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 Diwaunedd is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindNW 7 km/hLight breeze
Today's fly
Minkie
Minkie6-10
Retrieve, sub-surface
Conditions on the water
Estimate
Wind
Light breeze
NW 7 km/h
N
NW
from the north-west
WaveRipple
Water temp
Air temp10°C
CloudOvercast
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 lake olive is on. Sedge 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
Trout fly box
Bays & launches · 1
Day ticket via Hoylake Fly FishersAccess varies
Remote Snowdonia upland lake managed by Hoylake Fly Fishers (a Wirral-based club fishing Welsh water).
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What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
73%
Cloud50%
Wind100%
Temp60%

A good match for Llyn Diwaunedd — most conditions are close to what it fishes best in.

Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 2
  1. A moss-covered rock in the foreground of a calm upland lake, with bare mountain slopes rising behind under a clear sky.
    Llyn D'wennydd
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

Diwaunedd is fished, oddly enough, by a club from the Wirral — Hoylake Fly Fishers make the trip in from across the water to look after this remote patch of Snowdonia upland, which tells you something about how far anglers will travel for a lake worth the walk. The wild browns run small as a rule, most a pound or under, but there are bigger fish in there — reports of browns up to five pounds keep the water honest, the kind of story that gets repeated at the car park more often than it gets confirmed on the bank. Arctic char share the depths too, a cold-water relic most visitors never see or catch, adding a genuine oddity to what's otherwise a classic small hill lake.

  • Lake
  • Ordovician volcanics
Why this score
  • Wind conditions (ripple) closely match what this water fishes best in.
  • Lake Olive is in its seasonal window, boosting the chance of targeted feeding.
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