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A nice day out, even the 2+ mile walk to get there. Plenty of fish rising, although not always within casing range. If you sat down quietly though, the fish would move very close to the bank. Several takes missed and several fish lost. I managed to land 4 all around 10". Successful flies were, Blue Zulu, Black Pennel and Claret Sedgehog fished static.

4 Trout

Driving rain and stiff wind made for a tricky three hours but well worth it. All came to black flies on or just sub surface. An amazing place and Mother Nature threw in the gift of a Hen Harrier which was extra special.

13 Trout

Tough day on the llyn. Windy, rain and then some hail. Three nice trout caught on three different flies. Hopper, kilnkhammer and buzzer.

3 Trout

All returned. Average 8oz
Muskins bibliography bumble.

15 Trout

Early session to get ahead of the incoming weather. Arrived at 0630 and walked to perimeter clockwise looking for rising fish.
Saw a couple close in but no repeat risers. Used an Olive Emerger and targeted likely spots right up against the bank where most early morning insect activity was focused. Rose 3 and landed 2.

By 0900 I was almost back at the hut with the wind making things very difficult so decided to call it a day before the rain started!

2 Trout

Lots of surface activity, but a lack of wind and minimal ripple meant that it was easy for the fish to see that the flies were artificial, so many more attempted takes than fish landed.
All fish taken on dry flies, best fish were around 1/2 lb.

5 Trout

The weather forecast the day before indicated a cloudy start then sunshine for the rest of the day from mid morning. So the decision for an early start was made. Arrived around 8am to low cloud and damp conditions. Fishing was slightly delayed due to a puncture and the need to change the wheel (tuned out to be an expensive fishing trip as the tyre was not repairable). Fish were rising to flies fished on the surface but not easy to hook. A hand full of fish landed before lunch then back out in the afternoon with the cloud base higher but still no signs of the sun. Black terrestrial flies of various sizes where now being blown onto the water with the trout going mad for them. At times there was so many fish rising in front of us we didn't know which one to cast to first. Fishing black flies fished on or just under the surface we easily landed more than 20 fish each, with a couple being around the 1/2 pound size. As we packed away at 6:30pm the sun made its first appearance. Beautiful natural lake to fish and once again saw a hen harrier.

40 Trout

Following my session here to start the Brown Trout season on 23rd March was a complete flip of the coin and angling fortunes.

Arriving at 0800 in the fog, 12c and dressing in a coat and woolly hat it could indeed have been March.
A strong wind from down the Llyn was producing some reasonably waves! An ominous start loomed.

Walking to the top of Bugeilyn provided a slight shelter between the metal hurdle and the bog.
After noticing some crane flies around the edges it wasn’t long before a trout rose to take one, then another.
Covering the fish with a grey wolf soon had him in the net.
By lunch 7 fish had been caught, 5 to the wolf and 2 on a white moth pattern then things went quite.
The hat and coat were still on!

Walking back to the truck around 1200 and returning to the top of the Llyn around 1315 was like entering another day.
No hat or coat required. Full sun, reduced wind plus an incredible amount of rising fish in full feeding mode as literally hundreds of small black flies were getting blown off the hill into the water.
It was madness, at times hard to tell my own pattern (a small beetle) from the naturals.
Within an hour 18 fish had been brought to the net taking it to 25 when things quietened down.

By 1500 not much was stirring except the occasional rise.

The knotted gnat came out resulting in 2 more fish.

A truly remarkable day.
27 brown trout all caught on dry flies.
Another was lost with several missed rises along the way.
Finishing at 1600 will forever leave the question of “what if an evening hatch came off?”

Without doubt these are some of the most beautiful brown trout to be caught in one of the most spectacular locations.

27 Trout

Dry but windy as usual, lilly pads have made fishing too frustrating for me to return, the swamp on the flat bank is dangerous with holes, you could easily brake your ankle. Road is easily accessible in a normal car.

1 Trout

5 fish.
All around 6/7 inch in length.
Caught on bibio first dropper.
Fantasticly peaceful place.

5 Trout