Stillwater · Ordovician Volcanics · Wales / Snowdonia (Llanberis, Gwyrfai catchment)

Llyn Cwm Dwythwch

A dark, still upland lake filling a grassy hollow, with mist clinging to the hillside above and a stone wall in the foreground.

Cwm Dwythwch is a high, small tarn on the society's books, easy to overlook next to the club's better-known waters but no less honest for it.

Marginal · Trout
Marabou Damsel · 8-12
A patient day, if you fancy it
Good wave on — drift country. Slow going — pick your moments and do not force it.
44% confidence
limited data

Llyn Cwm Dwythwch is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindN 17 km/hGentle breeze
Today's fly
Marabou Damsel
Marabou Damsel8-12
Retrieve, sub-surface
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Gentle breeze
N 17 km/h
N
N
from the north
Wave20 cm ripple
Water temp
Air temp18°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure1019 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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How to fish it · for Trout
When
May–August; settled, warm evenings
Where
Set up a broadside drift and cover the water systematically. Work a bushy searching pattern on the bob and drop a contrasting nymph on the point.
The plan
Plan A

Set up a broadside drift and cover the water systematically. Work a bushy searching pattern on the bob and drop a contrasting nymph on the point.

Plan B

If the main plan is not working, switch to a smaller, more imitative pattern fished slower and deeper. A change of drift angle can also make a difference.

Watch for

Watch for Sedge towards evening — this could be the best window of the day.

Bank

Bank-only venue. Fish from accessible margins, points, weed edges, and inflows.

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey

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Through the year
0–3 scale · August highlighted
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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Daddy Long LegsHatch
2
3
2
Murrough (Great Red Sedge)Hatch
2
3
2
Black MidgeHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
Lake OliveHatch
1
2
2
2
2
2
1

Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Trout fly box
Bays & launches · 1
Day ticket via The Fishing PassportAccess varies
Small, high tarn on the society's books — wild trout, no crowds, included in the £20 all-waters ticket covering the club's full portfolio.
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What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
71%
Cloud50%
Wind65%
Temp100%

A good match for Llyn Cwm Dwythwch — most conditions are close to what it fishes best in.

Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 2
  1. A dark, still upland lake filling a grassy hollow, with mist clinging to the hillside above and a stone wall in the foreground.
    Llyn Dwythwch
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

Cwm Dwythwch is a high, small tarn on the society's books, easy to overlook next to the club's better-known waters but no less honest for it. It holds trout in the way these upland tarns generally do — not abundant, not large, but wild and willing on their day. The practical appeal is the ticketing: it's bookable through The Fishing Passport, and a single £20 all-waters ticket covers the club's full portfolio, Cwellyn and Padarn and Dywarchen and Cwm Silyn and Nantlle included. That makes Dwythwch less a destination in its own right and more a bonus water — somewhere to detour to on a day when you've already paid for the privilege of being up here.

  • Lake
  • Ordovician volcanics
Why this score
  • Temperature (cool) is in the sweet spot for summer fishing.
  • Buzzer is in its seasonal window, boosting the chance of targeted feeding.
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