Lake Vyrnwy

When the Victorians first dammed the valley to create Lake Vyrnwy, they stocked it with 40,000 Loch Leven trout to create the largest wild trout fishery in England and Wales.

In 1899, the Llanwddyn Valley were finally flooded with 13 million gallons of water. During the first years following the flooding, the lake produced good trout of just over 1lb on average. At odd intervals over the past 120 years or so it has managed to do the same.

The fishing season runs from Mid-March through to Mid-October