Stillwater · Ordovician Volcanics · Wales / Snowdonia (Conwy catchment), GB-WLS

Llyn Goddionduon

Calm forest-edged lake with a small wooden boathouse tucked among trees on the far shore, near Betws-y-Coed in Snowdonia.

Goddionduon is the sort of name that trips up anyone not fluent in Welsh place-names, and the sort of lake that rewards the trouble of learning to say it properly.

Fair · Trout
Minkie · 6-10
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Sedge evening rise expected on Llyn Goddionduon
Good wave on — drift country. A useful wave. Work the productive shore.
64% confidence

Llyn Goddionduon is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindN 12 km/hLight breeze
Today's fly
Minkie
Minkie6-10
Retrieve, sub-surface
Conditions on the water
Estimate
Wind
Light breeze
N 12 km/h
N
N
from the north
Wave20 cm ripple
Water temp
Air temp12°C
CloudBroken
Pressure1026 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
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. 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

Evening tends to be the best period in summer — stay late if you can for a sedge or spinner fall.

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.

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Bays & launches · 1
Day ticket via Betws-y-Coed Anglers ClubAccess varies
Small, quiet hill lake above Betws-y-Coed alongside the club's other waters; wild brown trout, walk-in only.
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What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
88%
Cloud100%
Wind100%
Temp60%

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

Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 2
  1. Calm forest-edged lake with a small wooden boathouse tucked among trees on the far shore, near Betws-y-Coed in Snowdonia.
    Looking towards the boathouse at Llyn Goddionduon
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

Goddionduon is the sort of name that trips up anyone not fluent in Welsh place-names, and the sort of lake that rewards the trouble of learning to say it properly. It sits in the hills above Betws-y-Coed alongside the club's other waters, small and unbothered, the kind of place you fish as much for the walk as for the water itself. The wild browns are exactly what you'd expect from a lake this size and this high up — quick, plentiful on a good evening, sulking under a hard blue sky. No boat, no frills, just heather and a rod. Go when the wind's soft and the light's fading, and don't feel obliged to tell anyone where you've been.

  • 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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