A south-westerly has held for 15 hours at much the same temperature as the 13°C water. No thermal steer either way, but the drift still stacks food against the north-eastern 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.
Work a bushy searching pattern on the bob and drop a contrasting nymph on the point.
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.
Keep an eye on changing conditions — wind shifts and cloud breaks can trigger short feeding spells.
Bank-only venue. Fish from accessible margins, points, weed edges, and inflows.
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A reasonable day here, though wind isn't quite in the sweet spot.
Eigiau is the famous one for the wrong reasons — the dam burst in 1925, killed sixteen people in Dolgarrog below, and a hundred years on the lake remains shallow and broad rather than the deep impoundment it used to be. Forty-nine hectares of wild brown trout in shadow of Pen Llithrig y Wrach, plus a small relict Arctic char population (transferred from Llyn Peris before the burst). Roughly a mile and a quarter's walk in. Bank only, two-fish limit.
Eigiau is the famous one for the wrong reasons — the dam burst in 1925, killed sixteen people in Dolgarrog below, and a hundred years on the lake remains shallow and broad rather than the deep impoundment it used to be.
A south-westerly has held for 15 hours at much the same temperature as the 13°C water. No thermal steer either way, but the drift still stacks food against the north-eastern 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.
Work a bushy searching pattern on the bob and drop a contrasting nymph on the point.
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.
Keep an eye on changing conditions — wind shifts and cloud breaks can trigger short feeding spells.
Bank-only venue. Fish from accessible margins, points, weed edges, and inflows.
Hatch predictions
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
A reasonable day here, though wind isn't quite in the sweet spot.
Eigiau is the famous one for the wrong reasons — the dam burst in 1925, killed sixteen people in Dolgarrog below, and a hundred years on the lake remains shallow and broad rather than the deep impoundment it used to be. Forty-nine hectares of wild brown trout in shadow of Pen Llithrig y Wrach, plus a small relict Arctic char population (transferred from Llyn Peris before the burst). Roughly a mile and a quarter's walk in. Bank only, two-fish limit.
