Spate · Carboniferous Limestone · Wales / South West Wales (Gower / Llanelli)

Afon Llwchwr (Loughor)

The River Loughor meandering through a grassy flood plain near Pontarddulais, Wales

This Carboniferous limestone river.

Poor · Atlantic Salmon
Poorlive now
Slow going — better windows ahead
Low and clear — careful approach country. Stale fish in low clear water spook easily — pick your hour.
90% confidence
What moved it
  • LevelProxyvia Cothi
  • Water temp21.5°C
  • ClarityClear
Conditions on the water
Proxy gauge
Level
Steady
Proxy
via Cothi
Water temp21.5°C
ClarityClear
Weather28°C
WindW 13 km/h
Pressure1020 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead0.9 mm

No gauge on this water — conditions are inferred from Cothi. The trend transfers, the absolute level does not.

Water temperature for Atlantic Salmon
Warm — slow
22°C est.ideal 10–14°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for Atlantic Salmon
When
Morning into early afternoon.
Where
Pool tails, steadier runs, and any water with pace.
Method
Fish a sensible line-and-fly combination for the height and pace of water.
Kit
13 ft #8/9 double-hander in spate, 10 ft #8 single in low water. Floating line plus a fast-sink tip. 12–15 lb fluoro tippet.
Why this works
Water at 21.5°C. This is the line where catch-and-release kills atlantic salmon. Do not fish for them today.
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 6pm

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Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey

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Evidence
Survey-backed · regionalHigh confidence

Backed by regional invertebrate surveys; no sampling on this exact reach yet.

Through the year
0–3 scale · August highlighted
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Sea trout runRun
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Daddy Long LegsHatch
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March BrownHatch
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GrannomHatch
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Large StoneflyHatch
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Beats · 1
Pontarddulais AA — Loughor day ticket via Fishing PassportAccess varies
Five miles of Pontarddulais AA water on the Loughor — sewin (the Loughor's reputation rests on large sea trout), late-season salmon, brown trout.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Water here around 22°C. Nothing cooler within range — carry a thermometer.
Gallery · 2
  1. The River Loughor meandering through a grassy flood plain near Pontarddulais, Wales
    The River Loughor (Afon Llwchwr) meandering through its flood plain near Pontarddulais
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

This Carboniferous limestone river. Atlantic salmon are under serious conservation pressure — Natural Resources Wales mandates catch-and-release for salmon on all rivers, so all fish must be returned. The Loughor is the short one with the big estuary — a relatively brief river that punches above its weight on sewin and carries a useful late-season salmon run. Pontarddulais AA holds five miles of fishing on a single fifteen-pound all-species day ticket. The estuary above Llanelli holds back the run; when fish come, they come in numbers. Night sea-trout tactics dominate from June onwards.

Sea trout here

Summer-autumn runs (June–September), primarily nocturnal

  • Carboniferous limestone
Why this score · for Atlantic Salmon
  • Temperature030% weight
  • Flow6025% weight
  • Clarity9520% weight
  • Feeding Time9015% weight
  • Pressure8510% weight
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Salmon 1 March → 17 October
  • Sea trout 3 March → 17 October
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