Manod has a reputation for swarming with small, obliging trout, and on the right evening it lives up to it — an easy walk-in water that's become the sensible recommendation for anyone new to this style of fishing or short on time. Nothing here demands technical casting or local knowledge; the fish come readily enough that a straightforward wet-fly team fished across the ripple will do the job. It's not the water you boast about afterward, but it might be the one that gets someone hooked on upland llyn fishing in the first place, and that counts for something the record books don't measure.
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