Regulated · Mixed · Mid Wales / Powys (Vyrnwy Valley, Severn tributary

Vyrnwy

Vyrnwy terrain map
Terrain map

Not to be confused with Lake Vyrnwy, the reservoir at its head — this is the river running out of the dam at Llanwddyn down through the Vyrnwy Gorge, Dolanog, Meifod and Llanymynech to join the Severn near Melverley.

Poor · Atlantic Salmon
Poorlive now
Slow going — better windows ahead
Low and clear — careful approach country. Stale fish in low clear water spook easily — pick your hour.
90% confidence
What moved it
  • LevelDry recentlyNo gauge reading
  • Water temp22.8°C
  • ClarityClear
Conditions on the water
Estimate
Level
Dry recently
No gauge reading
Water temp22.8°C
ClarityClear
Weather27°C
WindSW 10 km/h
Pressure1020 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead0.0 mm

No gauge on this water — readings are regional estimates from weather, not a live gauge.

Water temperature for atlantic salmon
Welfare risk
23°C est.ideal 10–14°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for atlantic salmon
When
Morning into early afternoon.
Where
Pool tails, steadier runs, and any water with pace.
Method
Fish a sensible line-and-fly combination for the height and pace of water.
Kit
13 ft #8/9 double-hander in spate, 10 ft #8 single in low water. Floating line plus a fast-sink tip. 12–15 lb fluoro tippet.
Why this works
⛔ Water at 22.8°C. This is the line where catch-and-release kills atlantic salmon. Do not fish for them today.
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 12pm

Hatch predictions

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Through the year
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Daddy Long LegsHatch
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GrannomHatch
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Evening SedgeHatch
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Large Dark OliveHatch
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Beats · 6 · 3 reaches

The best water — Glyndwr Fishery's stretch at Dolanog — runs a small, tightly limited permit scheme rather than day tickets. Lower down toward Llanymynech and Meifod, access is a mix of day-ticket club water and farm-let stretches.

Glyndwr Fishery — DolanogGuide / lodge
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Lower Vyrnwy — Llanymynech / Meifod · 3 beatsMixed
Montgomeryshire AA — Llanymynech, Warrington AA — Cross Keys / Four Crosses / Llansantffraid, Meifod farm-let stretches
The 3 beats
Montgomeryshire AA — LlanymynechDay tickets
Montgomeryshire Angling Association
About half a mile double bank at Great Dyffryd Farm near Llanymynech, close to the Severn confluence — mixed coarse-and-game water at the lower, more lowland end of the river.
2026-27 season: Full adult £55, over-65/disabled £50, day ticket £10, weekly £25.
Warrington AA — Cross Keys / Four Crosses / LlansantffraidMembers
Warrington Anglers Association
Four stretches spread through the middle-lower river: Cross Keys, Four Crosses, Llansantffraid, and one further beat.
Members only, open membership policy — no day tickets.
Meifod farm-let stretchesEnquiry
Five Meifod farms (Newbridge, Lower House Hall, Bron-y-Maen, Upper Man, Cilmawr)
Several short farm-let stretches near Meifod, above the more lowland Llanymynech water — the Grayling Society describes several miles of quality grayling fishing above Meifod.
Nominal day-ticket fees, arranged directly with each farm.
Vyrnwy tributaries · 2 beatsMixed
River Banwy — Montgomeryshire AA, River Cain — Warrington AA
The 2 beats
River Banwy — Montgomeryshire AADay tickets
Montgomeryshire Angling Association
Right bank downstream from the Llanfair Caereinion town bridge for about half a mile — a Vyrnwy tributary that Severn Rivers Trust has been actively restoring (fencing, tree planting, fish habitat work) under its multi-year Resilient River Banwy project.
Membership and day tickets available; exact current fee not published online — check with the ticket outlets.
River Cain — Warrington AAMembers
Warrington Anglers Association
A Vyrnwy tributary near Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain. Severn Rivers Trust ran the Cain & Nant Alan Sustainable Management Scheme here 2014-2020 (hedge, woodland and buffer-strip restoration to cool and de-silt the water for salmon and trout), with a follow-on natural-flood-management project completed 2025.
Members only, open membership policy — no day tickets.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Cooler water nearby · 2
Probably above the atlantic salmon safety line — these are likely cooler, but carry a thermometer.
Alyn
43 km
~22°C
Brown trout · Grayling
Tanat
8.0 km
~22°C
Brown trout · Grayling · Salmon
About this water

Not to be confused with Lake Vyrnwy, the reservoir at its head — this is the river running out of the dam at Llanwddyn down through the Vyrnwy Gorge, Dolanog, Meifod and Llanymynech to join the Severn near Melverley. Dam-regulated compensation flow keeps the upper river fishing well even when its unregulated Severn-catchment neighbours are running low, and it's held a good, growing grayling population since restoration work began. Wild brown trout run to a genuinely large size on the upper beats.

  • Mixed
Why this score · for atlantic salmon
  • Temperature030% weight
  • Flow6025% weight
  • Clarity9520% weight
  • Feeding Time9015% weight
  • Pressure8510% weight
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