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12 Trout, same again missed. Cold and windy but mainly dry. Sporadic activity. One good fish well over a pound caught by Tony Norman on a dry fly. Black most successful colour.

Sunny day but with strong winds developing, making casting difficult at times. Not many fish rising, but fish starting under water about 10x from bank. Fished for about 2 hrs taking 5 fish on wet flies on a floating line. Typical successful flies were teal and black and peter ross.

Stunning day in this remote location - fish rising all day, taking the fly life that was being gently disturbed from the marginal reeds. Between 2 of us we had about 20 of the special little 'black finned' trout of Bugeilyn. Biggest was about 10" but they all fought like bigger fish. You could catch as many fish as you have time for on this lake - eventually they would rise and take your fly. We used small pale klinkhammers on long leaders, and even though a light wind there was a drift to be used. Would recommend evryone fishes here at least once - we will be back!

4 trout caught - 8-10 inches.

After first trip back in may we took a few mates with us to experience the remoteness and sporting little browns, sadly the rains had coloured the res to something resembling "Bovril" I'm sure fish could not see fly unless it was pulled by their nose, seen only 2 fish rise all day but it was a coldish NNW brisk wind. 18 fish between us, nothing over 250mm. Little gold head variants seemed the only way to get to a hook up. Other flies induced pulls but seldom resulted in hooking fish...one can't help wondering why no bigger fish show, any one have any theories?

Good fun day at Bugeilyn last Thursday even if we did encounter a serious wind and some wet. 4 rods caught and released 13 trout,all standard Bugeilyn battlers who think they are much bigger than in fact they are. P.T nymph and GRHE worked and one rod did well with a dry Black Gnat.

Between 2 rods, 22 x trout, best fish around 11-12 inches. Almost no natural rises on the day, but a Bibio fished round through the ripple on a floating line brought them up, plus a few came to Williams Favourite and Blae and Black. Tremendous fun, on the kind of water more usually associated with the far north of Scotland or the west of Ireland.

12 x trout to about 12 inches, most of them much smaller. An opportunity to photograph the famed "Welsh Black Fin Trout" which certainly have an interesting colouring, copper merging to black, especially when first seen through peaty water. I also noticed a tendency to an underslung jaw and large upward looking black eyes. Anyway, it was good to meet them in their ancestral home. A Grouse and Claret on the point and a Bibio on the bob seemed to work well enough. All in all, a delightful morning until wind and rain stopped play later in the day. I walked round it and found good fishing at the top, but do be careful of some of the boggy areas - treacherous in places. I should mention also that the track is just fine for 4WDs, and that you could probably get a 2WD down it with care - but not a 2WD you are particularly fond of, I would suggest. My only problem is that I clocked 113 miles from my home (it's the wrong end of the catchment for me and in fact I think this land drains into the Dovey). But then again I note the Star Inn at nearby Dylife does B&B for 25 pounds.

9 brown trout between us very windy and rainy great fun. All fish caught on black nymph with gold head.WARNING BEWARE OF THE BOGGY AREA NEAR THE LEFT HAND BOUNDRY THERE ARE NO SIGNS.

20+ brown trout on traditional wet flies. Largest 12".