Eiddew Mawr is the bigger sibling of the two Eiddew llyns, set in the same fold of hills above Talsarnau but with enough extra water to hold a slightly better stamp of wild brown trout. Still no stocking, still no boat — this is bank fishing on a hill lake, walking-boot country, the reward being as much the view back toward the Dwyryd as anything on the end of the line. The browns run small to middling but fight hard in water this cold and clean, and evenings with a light ripple are when the place actually starts to fish. Simple, unglamorous, and exactly what an Ardudwy upland llyn should be.
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