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.
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 Sedge towards evening — this could be the best window of the day.
Bank-only venue. Fish from accessible margins, points, weed edges, and inflows.
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
A reasonable day here, though temperature isn't quite in the sweet spot.
The Black Lake — fifty-eight metres deep in a brooding glacial cwm beneath Garnedd Uchaf and Foel Grach, 580 metres above sea level. Thirteen hectares of cold, dark water holding wild brown trout and a tiny Arctic char population. Very lightly fished — two and three-quarter miles' walk in keeps it that way. Bank only, two-fish limit. The kind of place where you stop and notice you're being watched by a buzzard.
The Black Lake — fifty-eight metres deep in a brooding glacial cwm beneath Garnedd Uchaf and Foel Grach, 580 metres above sea level.
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.
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 Sedge towards evening — this could be the best window of the day.
Bank-only venue. Fish from accessible margins, points, weed edges, and inflows.
Hatch predictions
Top prey shown — see all 5 with Pro.
Start free trial14-day free trial. Cancel anytime.
Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
A reasonable day here, though temperature isn't quite in the sweet spot.
The Black Lake — fifty-eight metres deep in a brooding glacial cwm beneath Garnedd Uchaf and Foel Grach, 580 metres above sea level. Thirteen hectares of cold, dark water holding wild brown trout and a tiny Arctic char population. Very lightly fished — two and three-quarter miles' walk in keeps it that way. Bank only, two-fish limit. The kind of place where you stop and notice you're being watched by a buzzard.
