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

Llyn Dubach

Upland lake (Llyn Dubach) in two connected basins, seen from above with the Moelwyn hills in the background, Snowdonia.

This Dubach — not to be confused with Dubach y Bont a few miles west, a mix-up that's caught out more than one visiting angler — is an eight-acre water split down the middle by an old stone wall into two connected halves.

Fair · Trout
Minkie · 6-10
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Buzzer expected on Llyn Dubach
Good wave on — drift country. A useful wave. Work the productive shore.
60% confidence

Llyn Dubach is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindW 10 km/hLight breeze · Gusts to 23 km/h
Today's fly
Minkie
Minkie6-10
Retrieve, sub-surface
Conditions on the water
Estimate
Wind
Light breeze · Gusts to 23 km/h
W 10 km/h
N
W
from the west
WaveRipple
Water temp9.7°C
Air temp14°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure1017 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

No gauge on this water — readings are regional estimates from weather, not a live gauge.

Head to
Wind driftNE wind
South-western end

A northeasterly has held for 7 hours at much the same temperature as the 10°C water. No thermal steer either way, but the drift still stacks food against the south-western end — the bank it is blowing into — so start there. This reads the upper water, though — a bottom bait at range feels it far less than a floater or a fish in the margins. Treat it as a tiebreaker between good swims rather than an override — features and angling pressure usually count for more.

How to fish it · for Trout
When
Late April–June; evening rises through summer
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.
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.

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

Watch for Sedge towards evening — this could be the best window of the day.

Bank

Bank-only venue. Fish from accessible margins, points, weed edges, and inflows.

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

Top nymph shown — see all 2 guilds as a supporter.

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey(1)

Hatch predictions

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Through the year
0–3 scale · October 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 Cambrian Angling AssociationAccess varies
Eight-acre water divided by a stone wall into two connected, fishable halves, distinct from Llyn Dubach y Bont a few miles west; 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
73%
Cloud50%
Wind100%
Temp60%

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

Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 2
  1. Upland lake (Llyn Dubach) in two connected basins, seen from above with the Moelwyn hills in the background, Snowdonia.
    View west across Llyn Du-bach
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

This Dubach — not to be confused with Dubach y Bont a few miles west, a mix-up that's caught out more than one visiting angler — is an eight-acre water split down the middle by an old stone wall into two connected halves. Both sides hold fish, and the wall itself makes a handy casting platform if you don't mind an audience of sheep. It's a straightforward wild brown trout water without much of a story attached, which after Cwmorthin's record fish and Cwm Foel's dam history is almost a relief — sometimes a llyn can just be a good place to fish.

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