Most of my spare time between April and September seems to end up somewhere between Llyn Nantlle, Llyn y Dywarchen and the Llyfni with a rod in my hand, wondering why the fish are ignoring me this time.
This bit of the site is for notes from those days on the water: short session reports, patterns that worked (and the many that didn’t), and the usual mix of changing levels, dodgy wading decisions and Welsh weather doing whatever it likes.
What you’ll find here
- Session reports: quick write‑ups from trips on the Seiont, Gwyrfai, Llyfni and nearby waters – what the river was like, what I tried, and whether anything actually took.
- Flies & tinkering: patterns I use locally and the sort of small tweaks you only remember if you write them down.
- Tackle & setup: nothing fancy – just practical notes on rods, lines, leaders and the bits of kit that earn their place in the bag.
- River health: occasional posts on levels, pollution, access and general “state of the water” grumbling.
It’s not meant to be a guidebook or a “secret spots” blog – more a fishing notebook that happens to be public, focused on a few lakes and rivers in North Wales that I’m quite attached to.
- The season approachesFly fishing season is just around the corner, even if the weather hasn’t quite got the memo yet. The rivers and lakes still look more like chocolate milk than gin clear, the wind can’t decide which way is “up” and the rain seems endless this year. But the evenings are stretching out, the water temps … Read more
If you fish the same rivers and spot anything useful (or wildly wrong) in here, feel free to get in touch.