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18 Trout

Another great sporting day at Bugeilyn , bowled up at about elevenish , greeted with a lovely westerly breeze , and intermittent sunshine , perfect conditions ! The surrounding hills were splashed with purple from the heather , now in full flower , and the odd Dady long legs was flying out of the boggy grasses from around the lake , some landing in the marginal water , and hastily chased by Bugeilyn residents . . . . . . . . .

I used roaming tactics , with the usual floating line , on my five weight rod , and the few flies I tied from Plu Stiniog worked a treat , so I thank you Mr Evans. Ringing the changes , I did have four lovely fish from the westerly shore on a dry detached body Daddy long legs , very splashy savage takes . The very top end of the lake was good today , and had six on a mix of my home tied wets , the majority of them taking the flies with black in them .

There was a quieter spell around two for about an hour or so , which historically I've always found happens in the afternoon here , so took some time out to chill , and have a wonder around the local area . . . . Spotting a cormorant on Llyn Cwm Byr . . . . Hell these pests get everywhere !!!!! A well placed .223 me thinks ????

Sport again picked up late afternoon , and finished the day with fourteen crackers to the net , all carefully released , a real fun day , as always , and actually the last two weeks have been varied to say the least , with regards to fishing , had two excellent days on Claerwen Reservoir , with some beautiful wild brownies caught and released , and a fun afternoon on the Claerwen river , again catching small feisty brownies on nymphs , so all in all had a good dose of fly fishing to last me a few days . . . . . . . . Well perhaps until next week !!!!!

WUF SAFETY POINT : Just out of interest for folks that may need phone reception , I happened to look at mine , as it beeped !!!! On the track over the bridge between Bugeilyn and Cwm Byr , walk up that track about two hundred yards and you should get a decent reception . . . .

14 Trout

Very good day, although very windy & rain at times. Diwall bach did the business, just a note of caution, the lake & banks are very flooded at present, & the track down also. Take care.

16 Trout

8 Trout

A beautiful tranquil location for which we had perfect weather, just a light breeze and broken cloud. As well as a 4WD the other essential bit of kit here are waders, it's very boggy all around the lake. Plenty of fish were rising all day, taking a shuttlecock emerger (3) and flying ants (1) with the remaining six on the wet with a Bibio point fly, steadfastly ignoring other wet flies on the droppers. There seemed to be a lot more activity on the deeper western shore than on the east. Aggressive takes and beautifully coloured feisty fish with a good number lost too. Perfect.

10 Trout

Was great to head off to this gem of a lake , to get my regular Bugeilyn fix . Got there seven in the morning , to be greeted by a flat calm surface and hardly a whisp in the air ! Things could be tricky to say the least . . . . . . . Tackled up with my five weight rod floating line, and my team of home tied small wets, also taking along my seven foot four weight split cane rod , just for a bit of fun . Initially working the westerly shore , I managed to pick up two cracking fish, quickly admired , then returned . By eight , there was a much needed breeze , which pit a nice ripple on the lake , improving sport no end . I worked all the Westerly shore , right down to the bottom end . By the lone pine tree , stuck in some heather was a cats whisker fly . . . . Eeeeeeeeeeek . . . . . Who's been using such a monstrosity of a fly for such a legend of a lake , I think that deserves an exclamation mark or two Mr Birch !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Takes were confident , surprisingly not too deep down , and as always scrapers right to the net , the point fly , my own Kate Maclaren variant being the favourite of the morning , and in total caught ten crackers , in excellent condition , all released back to their fabled home . Next visit , I'll hopefully give some of the flies I'm attempting , from Emrys Evans ' Plu Stiniog . It's a cracking book , and a chap I would have loved to have met , and learned some tips from the Cambrian Angling Assoc Legend . He could snaffle out a trout or two on the Wild Lakes around Blaunau Ffestiniog , awesome country side and some great fishing too !

At half twelve , the sun was high and burning the backs of my hands , reaching a steady 23 degrees , I gave around the boathouse one last blast , managing to pick up my last feisty little brownie . Happy with a tally of ten on such a difficult day , I chilled out for a while , before packing up , enjoying the views on a slow bimble back along the track, before hitting the main drag and heading back to the Pondarosa . Will be back very very soon , hopefully on a more windier cloudier cooler day, but thanks as always Llyn Bugeilyn for another fun few hours !!!!!!

10 Trout

What a fantastic place. I've been meaning to make the trip for a while having seen others' catch returns, and it didn't disappoint. 4 perfect, black finned wbt to the net but lost and missed countless more - if I was on a commercial fishery I would have been cursing my luck, but loved every second here. Fish were rising occasionally as the cloud lifted, but various wets - diawl bachs and zulus seemed to work best today.

4 Trout

All fish caught on wet patterns (zulu, butcher, teal & black) Sun turned to wind, but fish taking most of day, lost more than I landed. Turned one fish that could have been around 1lb (could this be right, never seen a fish that size here before)?
WUF note 1lbs quite possible here

7 Trout

Arrived at lunchtime and took 3 trout, two on dry and one on wet.
However, it then went very quiet, probably a combination of the high temperatures and bright sun.

3 Trout

Decided not to fish as the conditions were the same as the previous unproductive evening. Cut our losses and moved on to try the Usk.