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.
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.
Welshman's Button should come on through the afternoon as the water warms.
A gentle ripple is ideal for drifting — broadside drift covering the wind lanes should be productive.
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
Conditions are ideal for Llyn Llygad Rheidol — wind, cloud and temperature all line up.
The highest of the Aberystwyth AA waters — five hundred metres up in a glacial cwm on the north flank of Plynlimon, source of the Rheidol itself. Eight hectares of properly remote water with no tarmac access; you walk in. Truly wild brown trout, small and dark from the peat-stained water, and the kind of silence you have to climb for. Bring weather gear.
The highest of the Aberystwyth AA waters — five hundred metres up in a glacial cwm on the north flank of Plynlimon, source of the Rheidol itself.
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.
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.
Welshman's Button should come on through the afternoon as the water warms.
A gentle ripple is ideal for drifting — broadside drift covering the wind lanes should be productive.
Hatch predictions
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
Conditions are ideal for Llyn Llygad Rheidol — wind, cloud and temperature all line up.
The highest of the Aberystwyth AA waters — five hundred metres up in a glacial cwm on the north flank of Plynlimon, source of the Rheidol itself. Eight hectares of properly remote water with no tarmac access; you walk in. Truly wild brown trout, small and dark from the peat-stained water, and the kind of silence you have to climb for. Bring weather gear.
