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2 decent brown trout 14”, just under 1lb each. Caught in the afternoon between showers on a bibio over flooded grass a metre off waters edge, at the far end furthest from dam. Water level very high and quite breezy.

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Plenty of rises but no takes

Didn't manage to go fishing

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Er cymryd amser i grwydro yr holl ffordd o amgylch y llyn tro ‘ma, a thaflu llinell nawr ac yn man, gydag amryw o blu gwahanol doedd dim bachiad o gwbl.

Ond, toc wedi 9:30yh, tawelodd yr awel, daeth llonyddwch gwell i ddwr y llyn, a dechreuodd y brithyll godi.

Daeth un i’r rhwyd, ar batrwm cartref o hopper bibio, cyn ei ryddhau yn ddiogel. Min nos hyfryd arall yng nghesail y mynyddoedd.


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Despite wandering the whole perimeter of the lake this time, and throwing a line in different areas, with a variety of flies, nothing seemed to be right.

However, just after 9:30pm, the breeze dropped, the lake stilled just enough, and the trout started rising.
One came to the net, on a homemade bibio hopper pattern, before being released safely. Another night of calm in the mountains.

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Tro cynta' ar y llyn yma - lleoliad gogoneddus, a llonyddwch perffaith.

Chwipio plu ar sesiwn min nos, heulog braf, gydag awel yn chwythu dros y llyn. Un brithyll hardd i'r rhwyd, ar bluen 'buzzer' bach tywyll â phen oren - wedi'i ddychwelyd yn ddiogel.
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My first visit to this llyn - a beautiful location, with stunning tranquility.

An evening session on the fly - fine weather, with a breeze over the water. One pretty brown trout to the net, on a small dark, orange-head buzzer - returned safely.

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Water still very high in the reservoir restricting access to only a couple of places (wall of the dam and 5 minutes walk along the path. Very few fish rising at the start of day (5:30) but mid morning were showing near the dam..too far out for me to reach. As always, lovely and quiet and I managed to film a badger come out of the grass, come over to my waders before sniffing me and realising I wasn't a frog, and scampering off...quite a treat and made up for not catching any fish.

Reservoir very full, right back to the steep banking beneath the path, which limited safe access to the waters edge to only a couple of spots from the path, and impossible to circumnavigate to the opposite side, as I would normally do. A few fish rising but nothing interested in what i had to offer: wet, dry, nymph, blobs etc on #8 floating and slow sink. Erratic cold wind but, as usual, marvellously quiet and peaceful. Tripped in the water, landed on a wee river fly rod I hadn’t had out of the tube for years, broke it, filled my waders and got cold wet feet!! But hey, great to be out playing again.

A few trout rising but very few close enough to reach and even less willing to take a fly. Nothing caught, not even a nibble on the bottom or mid water. Great place to be quiet and peaceful regardless of catching anything. Reservoir full for the first time in months and subsequently attracting water birds - which was rather pleasant.