Stillwater · Granite · North Wales / Gwynedd, GB-WLS

Llyn Trawsfynydd Reservoir

Llyn Trawsfynydd from the shore, open water filling the foreground with moorland hills beyond.

Llyn Trawsfynydd sits high in Snowdonia — a dramatic, wind-blown upland water surrounded by moorland and crag.

Fair · Rainbow
Olive Damsel · 10-12
Fairlive now
Reasonable summer fishing likely at Llyn Trawsfynydd Reservoir
Good wave on — drift country. A useful wave. Work the productive shore.
52% confidence

Llyn Trawsfynydd Reservoir is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindW 12 km/hLight breeze
Today's fly
Olive Damsel
Olive Damsel10-12
Retrieve, sub-surface
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Light breeze
W 12 km/h
N
W
from the west
Wave20 cm ripple
Water temp
Air temp22°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure1018 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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How to fish it · for Rainbow
When
Current conditions suit Llyn Trawsfynydd Reservoir well for summer tactics. The ripple should help fish move and feed more confidently.
Where
Start with Diawl Bach (12-14) — on the bob / top dropper — slow figure-of-eight retrieve. Early in the day, try buzzers on a slow figure-of-eight or a booby on a fast-sink line near the bottom. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses.
The plan
Plan A

Start with Diawl Bach (12-14) — on the bob / top dropper — slow figure-of-eight retrieve. Early in the day, try buzzers on a slow figure-of-eight or a booby on a fast-sink line near the bottom. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses.

Plan B

Fish early and late, try deeper during the heat of the day with a fast-sinking line.

Watch for

Watch for Sedge towards evening — this could be the best window of the day.

Bank

Bank-only venue. Fish from accessible margins, points, weed edges, and inflows.

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey

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Through the year
0–3 scale · August highlighted
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F
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M
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J
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Trout seasonSeason
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
Daphnia SwarmHatch
2
3
3
3
2
Daddy Long LegsHatch
2
3
2
Lake OliveHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
Silverhorns & LonghornsHatch
1
2
2
2
1

Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Rainbow fly box

Boat-friendly, competition-influenced, often wind-driven, with strong top-of-water periods but also classic deep searching and washing-line phases.

What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
73%
Cloud50%
Wind100%
Temp60%

A good match for Llyn Trawsfynydd Reservoir — most conditions are close to what it fishes best in.

Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 5
  1. Llyn Trawsfynydd from the shore, open water filling the foreground with moorland hills beyond.
    Llyn Trawsfynydd
  2. Llyn Trawsfynydd, Gwynedd — a still lake view with open water and the surrounding upland landscape.
    Llyn Trawsfynydd
  3. Llyn Trawsfynydd lake shore with open water and moorland backdrop under an overcast Welsh sky.
    Llyn Trawsfynydd
  4. The southern end of Llyn Trawsfynydd, open water, a grassy shoreline and the Rhinogydd hills beyond.
    The south end of Llyn Trawsfynydd
  5. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

Llyn Trawsfynydd sits high in Snowdonia — a dramatic, wind-blown upland water surrounded by moorland and crag. It's fished from the bank only (no boats), and the isolation and altitude give it a genuine mountain-water atmosphere. Wild and stocked trout inhabit the water; the scenery is spellbinding. Spring and early summer (April–May) see the best hatches — small olives and early buzzers. The granite moorland setting means soft, slightly acidic water and fast clearing after rain, so lure fishing can be briefly productive after spates. This is a place where you go for the surroundings as much as the sport — the kind of water that teaches you patience and presence.

  • Reservoir
  • Granite
Water quality (WFD)
  • EcologyModerate
  • ChemicalUnknown
What this classification means

NRW WFD Cycle 3 (lake) — Llyn Trawsfynydd: Moderate ecological status. Re-tagged 2026-06-18 from a Dwyryd river reach to the reservoir's own lake waterbody. Source: NRW DataMapWales WFD Cycle 3 classification layer.

NRW (Wales) · GB31034870

Why this score
  • Wind conditions (ripple) closely match what this water fishes best in.
  • Buzzers are in their seasonal window, boosting the chance of targeted feeding.
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Trout 15 March5 October
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