Heading to Wales sept 7th to fish trawsfynydd for two days and brenig for one day. Has anyone fished them lately and how are they fishing. Any information will be appreciated . Thanks.

brenig was good the ty-nant week m8 with midge tips with washing line and slow glass with snatchers , cages were good for those who chased the stockies . the better fish were up at the stones casting virtually into the shore , inside the island was also a good drift did spoon fish in sailing club and found jelly fry .
Hopes this helps mate
Jim Crawford

I'll be fishing Brenig on the 3rd Sept so will be able to give you a better report then but from what I'm hearing it's been difficult for the last few weeks.

latest report available here but it is a week out of date:

http://www.rutlandgillies.co.uk/reports/llynbrenig.html

I haven't heard anything about Traws for a month or so but if I was you I'd head 1/2 hour further south and give Tal Y Llyn a try.

hi water lodge
I fished brenig last week and it was hard but had a bag limit on dries and the washing line with a slow intermediate, a good head of fish around the cages down to the tower also along nantglyn down to the ring o stones, but beware brenig water level is dropping rapidly and some interesting features are being revealed regarding traws i hear its also fishing well , with fish well up in the water but if in doubt ask mitch or edwin they will put you right with info on areas and flies

regards
Robroy

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I fished Brenig in the Welsh Trials and the Anglian Water Final. It is certainly fishing hard theres no doubt about that!! Just fish high in the water, dries will do you well as they were the best methods I witnessed by far. As for Traws I wouldnt have a clue, I personally would do one day on Traws and 2 on Brenig

Thanks to everyone for a quick reply

Sorry dlight thread hijack, but i'm thinking of heading down Tal-y-Llyn Bank Holiday Monday, but have never fished a boat before. Is it any good from the bank?

Much better from a boat. Don't be intimidated it's a cosy little water, has very few hazards and is as good as any to start your boat fishing career and they're a reasonable price there.

A couple of quick tips:

Wear a life jacket and DON'T STAND UP!!

Stow your gear carefully putting rods up before you get in the boat and lay them to one side where you won't step on them and without tips protruding where they can get broken.

Using a drogue may be too much for a first outing but these can possibly be borrowed from the hotel and will slow down your drift.

Check where the wind is blowing and motor quietly to a point where the wind direction will let you drift into a bank or better still, along a bank.

Stop the engine, sit in the middle of the boat unless there are two of you then put one at each end. If two of you are fishing be very careful to be aware of each other when casting and avoid casting at the same time. If you are both right handed put the better caster on the left.

The fish in Tal y Llyn are good surface feeders so use a team of three on a fairly short line and just retrieve it fast enough to move the flies faster than the drift.

As the bob fly approaches the boat lift your rod so that it dibbles along in the surface. Fish will take this very close to the boat and will also sometimes turn away and take one of the other flies as they go.

Do not recast until you are sure that no fish are following.

As you approach the shore or the end of the drift, pull in the drogue, stow your rod and start the engine in plenty of time. If you get it wrong and go aground, don't panic and if the wind is not too strong push and row the boat off with an oar and then when the water is deep enough and you are far enough out not to drift straight aground again, start the engine and off you go.

If you get into trouble then raise an oar as a sign of distress and a nearby boat or the fishery staff will come to your aid.

If you go aground and can't get off just leave the boat and walk round to get help.

Tal y Llyn is fairly shallow despite first appearances and there are fish holding areas all over the lake but concentrate along the margins and the long drift down the far side opposite the hotel where there are some marker buoys.

If you do opt for bank fishing the road along one side limits your options pretty much to the far side but don't go charging in with waders as the fish are often in the margins especially if the wind has been into that shore for a few days. Give areas where streams run in special attention and don't be surprised to contact the odd sea trout.

Robroy on here will see you right.

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Sewinbasher, thats fantastic cheers mate. I may well give it a go (I guess they have lifejackets??)

Brenig is fishing steady if your not looking for 20 plus a day.I done well during practice for the ty-nant and in my welsh trial.
I found the candy floss and cat booby my best point flies both pulling and washing line.Without a doubt sunburt blob is the blob colour on brenig right now. Di-3 straight to the banks and back on a long pull was good for me and a few mates who've been on there since.

A good mates brother and his son who live in traws say it's fishing the best it has for a few years.
he's a man of both fly and spin and can't believe how few pike he's caught this season.
He fished last weekend and put 5 solid bows on the bank to 4lb and a few perch for good sport.
Althouth this was all from home bay on foot right down the hot water channel,as for else where he says reports are all good. All the best on the trip