Stillwater · Ordovician Volcanics · Wales / Snowdonia (Ardudwy hills, Rhinogydd)

Llyn y Fedw

A small elongated moorland lake seen from a heather-covered hillside, with a flat coastal plain and misty hills in the far distance.

Y Fedw is one of the smallest and least visited of the Artro & Talsarnau llyns, a modest wild-brown water folded into the Rhinogydd foothills where the sheep outnumber the anglers by a wide margin.

Marginal · Trout
Minkie · 6-10
A patient day, if you fancy it
Good wave on — drift country. Slow going — pick your moments and do not force it.
44% confidence
limited data

Llyn y Fedw is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindNE 7 km/hLight breeze
Today's fly
Minkie
Minkie6-10
Retrieve, sub-surface
Conditions on the water
Estimate
Wind
Light breeze
NE 7 km/h
N
NE
from the north-east
WaveRipple
Water temp
Air temp8°C
CloudBroken
Pressure1023 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
May–August; evenings only really worth it
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

Sedge should come on through the afternoon as the water warms.

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
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.

Ranked for today
Trout fly box
Bays & launches · 1
Day ticket via Artro & Talsarnau AAAccess varies
Small, unstocked wild-brown tarn in the Rhinogydd foothills — short walk in, best fished in settled evenings.
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What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
88%
Cloud100%
Wind100%
Temp60%

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

Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 2
  1. A small elongated moorland lake seen from a heather-covered hillside, with a flat coastal plain and misty hills in the far distance.
    Moorland and Llyn y Fedw
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

Y Fedw is one of the smallest and least visited of the Artro & Talsarnau llyns, a modest wild-brown water folded into the Rhinogydd foothills where the sheep outnumber the anglers by a wide margin. There's nothing stocked here and nothing to dress up — a short walk in, a lake that fishes best when the evening settles and the browns start moving, and a size of fish that rarely troubles the scales but rewards patience. It's the kind of water you fish because you already know the area, not one you'd drive three hours for on its own. That's not a knock — some of the best evenings in these hills happen exactly here.

  • Lake
  • Ordovician volcanics
Why this score
  • Wind conditions (ripple) closely match what this water fishes best in.
  • Cloud cover (cloud) suits the fishery well.
  • Lake Olive is in its seasonal window, boosting the chance of targeted feeding.
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