Ogwen is the big one — the fourth and largest of the Ogwen Valley Angling Association's waters, and the only one you can practically fish straight off the road, since the A5 runs along its shore the whole length of the valley. That roadside convenience means more casual traffic than Ffynnon Lloer, Bochlwyd or Idwal tucked up in their cwms above, but it also buys a longer season — open into late November, a full two months past the club's high-cwm waters, which close for the winter at the end of September. Wild browns and stocked rainbows both swim here, and on a grey Snowdonia afternoon with Tryfan looming over the far bank, it's hard to think of anywhere in Wales that looks more like a mountain lake is supposed to look.
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- Ordovician volcanics
