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Snowdonia Wild Brown Trout

11/5/2015

 
I spent a great day with Karl and James yesterday. In spite of a howling gale and heavy rain the intrepid anglers set out to fish a couple of upland lakes for indigenous wild brown trout. Both guys caught a couple of wonderful examples.  These beautifully marked fish are typical of the region .
Picture of wild brown trout
Picture of wild brown trout
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Grayling fishing in Snowdonia

10/9/2014

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Another grayling released to fight another day
Grayling fishing catch and release
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Grayling fishing video

26/8/2014

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The grayling fishing in Snowdonia is stunning and as good as you'll find anywhere. The smile on this clients face says it all! (sorry video failed to load)
Grayling fishing Picture
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A challenging day on the river

2/7/2014

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The weather today started warm, sunny and calm and visibility through the water was perfect with polarised glasses on. I started off on the afon (river) Tryweryn watching a small shoal of grayling ignore every fly I put across, over, under and in front of them. Dries, wets and nymphs in a variety of shapes, sizes and colours were either ignored or followed and rejected. Finally the wind picked up and the ensuing ripple prevented me from seeing my prey. In the ripple a solitary sedge was taken from the surface, a chance! After tying on a G&H sedge a cracking grayling took it on my second cast, success I'd got my first fish of the day.
In the afternoon I decided to try the Dee. There were occasional rise forms indicating that fish were feeding in spite of the low water (we really do need some rain). I decided on a two fly cast with a tungsten nymph on the point and a waterhen bloa on a short dropper. Within a few minutes a sea trout took off from the water vertically having taken the dropper and was not happy about it!  I on the other hand I went home happy after a challenging but enjoyable day.

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Trout Fishing in Snowdonia

25/6/2014

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Not only has the weather been amazing, hot and dry with a pleasant breezy but it's been really busy.

Sunday at the Bala country fair was crazy. I was giving casting lessons all day and there was no let up. People were queuing up! It was brilliant. I went home totally dehydrated and exhausted, but I love doing game fairs
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Monday, another scorching day and back to Bala for the day giving fishing and casting lessons on the afon Tryweryn. Fortunately water had been released into the river raising the levels. It was a real treat to be stood waist deep in cold water, bliss!

Tuesday, a little cooler and overcast today.The local rivers are struggling at the moment and in need of some serious rain to get the fish moving again. I was out guiding in the morning for a couple of guys. Having shown Steve and Bill a few likely hot spots I left them having brought three fish to the net successfully. I had a call later that evening from Steve who wanted to know where he could get some more of the flies I'd suggested as they'd had such a good day that the fish had hammered their stocks (13 or 14 fish between them)
I arranged to meet them this morning to replenish their supplies and give them a few of my hand tied 'Oshboshinator' flies. These are tied to my own recipe and work really well on the Dee but I've not used them anywhere else yet. I'll be keen to get some feedback.

The rest of the week is equally as busy with casting lessons.

I must make time to go fishing next week!
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Grayling and brown trout fishing the river Dee

5/6/2014

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I've not posted for a while, I've been a little busy.
The fishing over the last few weeks has been good, very good in fact. Last week (Friday) one of the local rivers was teeming with fish, more rise forms than you could shake a wading staff at.
Today on the Dee it was windy and cool and the fishing stuttered before it got going. In the morning I had a few snatches at dries and nymphs but no solid takes.The afternoon was a very different story, the wind dropped, the temperature rose and the fish became more active. Even though there were lots of olives coming off the water there were few rising fish.
Nymphs definitely won out over dries and 4 grayling and a brownie was brought to the net in quick succession.
A good end to the day.
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Best early season dry flies

3/5/2014

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Here is a selection of early season dries and emergers that have been working well on rivers and mountain lakes of Snowdonia
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A cracking rainbow

7/10/2013

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With the end of the brown trout season on the rivers I took to an upland lake in search of an hour's sport. The location is predominantly a wild brown trout lake but is lightly stocked with some stunning rainbow. This one is a typical example of the lean, fit full finned fish on offer, just look at the size of that tail! Unlike the flabby, fat, slabs with little muscle, fin or tail that are seen on some stocked lakes!
The weather was cool, windy and dull with no fish rising, even so this one couldn't resist a dry elk hair caddis. Another of equal quality fell to a G&H sedge
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Just one day left :0(

29/9/2013

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The weather today started with winds so fierce it was difficult to stand upright.
Lunchtime saw a slight lessening so I took to the river to make the most of the last days of the season which finishes on 30 September for river wild brown trout. But I can still fish the upland lakes for a few more weeks.
It was tough to get the fish to rise to a dry fly but there were a few that did. This one was caught on a Yellow Sally.

A couple of days ago I had a great afternoon on the Dee with my friend Karl Humphries. A red shrimp pattern took 4 nice grayling, a sea trout took a wet black spider, the parr would attack anything that moved and a few nice browns took a host of dries. All in all a very successful week to end the season. But I will be out again tomorrow!
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Highrider strikes again

20/9/2013

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wild brown trout
Yesterday was a cold wet and very windy day, a few fish were in evidence but not many.
Today was a much more pleasant affair, warm, bright and a gently ripple on the water.
A small hatch of sedge was bringing the fish to the surface providing a couple of hours of great sport, with brown CDC sedge and CDC highriders proving irresistible.

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Another good day

9/9/2013

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Well the weather has finally turned and feels much more Autumnal. Today was a mix of warm sun, cold Northerly wind, cloud and cool temperatures. Wading was quite pleasant during the sunny spells but the recent rain had reduced the water temperature and as the afternoon progressed it got decidedly chilly. For all of this there was an amazing hatch a caddis (sedge) flies on the river and the fish were rising to them.
After a tussle with this feisty brownie he was set free to fight another day
Catch
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Upland lake wild brownies

27/8/2013

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Bank holiday Monday and the weather is stunning. Hot, dry and a slight breeze. Perfect for hiking up to a mountain lake for a spot of fishing. These are some of the stunningly coloured and hard fighting little fish. Take a look at the size of their tails and the beautifully marked fins.
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Mountain lake wild brown trout

22/8/2013

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The weather up here (Snowdonia) today was stunning, clear blue sky, warm and a gently breeze.
The perfect day to head up into the hills for a spot of boat fishing on one of the bigger lakes. What could be more relaxing that being out on the water. No noise, the lull of a gently bobbing boat and the anticipation of the catch, bliss. This beautiful brownie took a CDC brown sedge.
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Willem strikes gold in the river

13/8/2013

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Willem, a visitor to North Wales from Belgium, was delighted with his morning out in search of wild brown trout. After a wet, cold and windy start to the day the weather broke, temperatures rose and a few fish started to rise to the sporadic sedge hatch.  Willem soon started bringing these spirited mini torpedos to the net. This was the first of Willem's treasure trove, a silver sedge proved irresistible to this stunning red speckled bar of gold.
Well done Willem.

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Mountain lake wild brown trout

2/8/2013

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I love fishing the upland lakes. The peace and solitude, stunning scenery and great fishing always reminds me how fortunate I am to live in such a beautiful region.
The quality and spirit of the wild brownies always brings a smile to my face and the joy of returning them is as great as the thrill of catching them.

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