The season starts on 1st of april and should be very interesting with a lot of over wintered fish to be seen feeding all over the lake on the milder days, so despite the snow and ice and frost of late prospects are good. The largest recorded brown of last season was an impressive fish of 10lb 12oz caught by mr Ian Sandford ,this took an olive goldhead  by the mouth of the pentre steam. The feeder steams are always worth a cast or two with fresh oxygenated water trickling into the lake. By the end of last season a total of 32 seatrout were recorded, the best of these was 6lb caught by mr Graham Bell who also doubles up as a part time ghillie at tal y llyn. in fact graham caught the last fish of the season a superb fish of 3lb 14oz  which took a daddy long legs whilst drifting along the cae drift.

Early season tactics range from slow to medium sinking lines armed with a black lure or olive gold head damsel nymph on the point along with a bibio ,zulu,dabbler or similar wet fly on the cast , these then should be fished slowly and then dabbled just before lifting off. But on a mild day dont ignore the olives which will start to appear in the warmer weather and flies such as greenwells glory ,olive f fly  should be effective. boats should try long drifts along rectory down to pentre steam, one tree bay ,cae drift ,outer cairn drift and from the jetty down to agony point.

  tight lines

   Phil wood

Llyn Brenig

2010 Season Tickets now available!

Please contact the office for further information

JUST TO CONFIRM THAT OPEN DAY FOR THIS SEASON IS SATURDAY 20TH MARCH!   

ALSO

WE WILL NOT BE OPENING FOR PIKE FISHING BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON!!

I THINK THERES SOME CONFUSION ON THE FLY FORUM!!

IF YOU REQUIRE FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING LLYN BRENIG, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT ME

Llyn Brenig Newsletter – January 2010

2009 has been another busy year at Llyn Brenig, we have increased our visitor numbers by a further 30,000, to 190,000. The cafe has also enjoyed success, whilst locally our winter opening trial went well, the current financial climate has temporarily halted its continuation this winter. As I write this there is twelve inches of snow covering the entire estate, which has been here since before Christmas. The reservoir has refilled rapidly following the drawdown for essential maintenance in August. I am sure that once the snow melts we will be very close to our normal water level. We have been continuing with felling operations this winter in the forest and as part of our sustainable management strategy restocking is being undertaken.
This season the rod average has increased slightly from 3.2 to 3.5 fish per angler. The most consistent hotspots this season have been from the dam to the Visitor Centre and Tower Bay. D. Roberts from Caernarfon caught the heaviest bag of the season, six fish for 24lbs, closely followed by Rob Allen from Rosset with a 23lb bag. The largest fish of the season was caught by R. Roberts who bagged a fine 7lb 12oz specimen on a green goldhead. Consistent flies were, Diawl Bach, Goldheads, Vivas and Montanas.
Our fly fishing courses have been very successful, with courses oversubscribed and extra dates added. Trevor Jones will continue as our resident coach, dates for this season will be confirmed shortly. The courses will be supported by The Federation of Welsh Anglers and Ken Parry, Angling Participation Officer for the Environment Agency. We will also be providing courses at Alaw.
We will be taking bookings for four-hour lessons on each of the following dates at a subsidised rate of £20 for adults and £10 for juniors.
Saturday 10th April
Sunday 9th May
Saturday 5th June
Sunday 11th July
Saturday 7th August
Sunday 19th September
The sessions will run from 9am – 1pm and 2pm – 6pm. The cost will include a rod licence and permit for the day (two fish limit) and provision of tackle if required. The instructors will also explore fly selection and tying during the sessions. There will be a maximum number of eight people in each lesson, enabling participants to progress quickly. Please contact Dona Davies at Brenig to book your place.
We are developing plans for a large enhancement project at Brenig, funded by the Environment Agency, Wild Fishing Wales project and the Splash fund. We aim to improve access for all anglers, improving existing paths and constructing new sections. We also plan to construct a number of fishing platforms.
We will be stocking 40,000 fish again this season, I look forward to seeing many of you when we open on 20th March. We have already received numerous competition bookings, I recommend that you book your boats in advance to avoid disappointment.

Ed Parsons
Site Controller

2010 SEASON PRICE LIST

BRENIG
FULL SEASON – £515.00
CONCESSION SEASON – £470.00
½ SEASON - MARCH – JUNE or JULY – OCTOBER - £257.50
½ SEASON CONCESSION - MARCH – JUNE or JULY – OCTOBER - £235.00
LOCAL SEASON (within 8km radius) - £257.50
JUNIOR SEASON (U16) - £270.00
N.B PROOF OF ADDRESS NEEDED FOR LOCAL PERMITS
ID PHOTO REQUIRED FOR SEASON TICKETS
FULL DAY - £17.50
CONCESSION DAY - £16.50
PM (3PM – DUSK) - £15.50
LOCAL DAY (within 8km radius) - £9.00
LOCAL EVE (within 8km radius) - £8.00
JUNIOR (U16) - £9.50
JUNIOR EVE - £7.50
N.B PROOF OF ADDRESS NEEDED FOR LOCAL PERMITS
ID PHOTO REQUIRED FOR SEASON TICKETS
ALWEN
FULL SEASON - £402.00
CONCESSION SEASON- £371.00
½ SEASON - MARCH – JUNE or JULY – OCTOBER - £201.00
½ SEASON CONCESSION - MARCH – JUNE or JULY – OCTOBER - £186.00
LOCAL SEASON (within 8km radius) - £201.00
JUNIOR SEASON (U16) - £269.00
FULL DAY – £13.50
CONCESSION DAY – £12.50
JUNIOR – £9.50
N.B PROOF OF ADDRESS NEEDED FOR LOCAL PERMITS
ID PHOTO REQUIRED FOR SEASON TICKETS
ALED
ALED SEASON - £70.00
FULL DAY - £4.75
CONCESSION DAY - £4.25
ID PHOTO REQUIRED FOR SEASON TICKETS
ALAW (ANGLESEY)
FULL SEASON – £482.00
CONCESSION SEASON – £437.00
FULL DAY - £16.50
CONCESSION DAY - £15.50
PM (3PM – DUSK) - £14.50
JUNIOR (U16) - £9.50
ALAW
SEASON BOAT - £73.00

COWLYD SEASON
FULL SEASON - £15.00

FLY CASTING (BRENIG)
ADULT - £20.00
JUNIOR - £10.00

BOAT PRICES
BRENIG ONLY
WEEKEND & BANK HOLIDAYS - £20.00
WEEK DAY - £18.00
AM (9AM – 4PM) - £14.00
PM (3PM – DUSK) - £15.00
WHEELIE BOAT (Small or Large) - £6.75
FLOAT TUBE LAUNCH - £5.75

BLOCK BOOKINGS

BRENIG ONLY
PERMITS - £15.50
BOATS - £17.50
DEPOSIT - £20 PER BOAT
ANY GROUP OF 20 OR MORE ANGLERS MAY OBTAIN PERMITS AT A CONCESSIONARY RATE.
PAYMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED AT LEAST 10 DAYS IN ADVANCE.
(CHEQUES MADE PAYABLE TO: UNITED UTILITIES OPERATIONAL SERVICES LTD OR UUOS LTD

CONCESSIONS
CONCESSIONARY PERMITS WILL ONLY BE ISSUED TO PERSONS WHO AT
THE TIME OF ISSUE ARE EITHER: -
§ IN RECEIPT OF A STATE RETIREMENT PENSION
§ JUNIORS UNDER 17 YEARS OF AGE
§ WHEELCHAIR USERS

ROVER TICKETS
BRENIG, ALAW, ALWEN, LLANDEGFEDD, LLYSYFRAN, BEACONS AND TALYBONT ARE THE
ONLY RESERVOIRS COVERED BY THE ROVER SEASON PERMITS.
ANY PERMIT HOLDER IS ENTITLED TO FISH AT ANOTHER RESERVOIR OF THE SAME OR LOWER PRICE CATEGORY.
ROD LICENCES
ALL ANGLERS MUST PURCHASE A ROD LICENCE PRIOR TO FISHING.
LICENCES ARE AVAILABLE AT LLYN BRENIG AND LLYN ALAW.

OTHER INFORMATION
§ LIFE JACKETS/BUOYANCY AIDS MUST BE WORN AT ALL TIMES IN BOATS. BUOYANCY AIDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR DAY HIRE.
§ ASK FOR FREE LEAFLET OR READ ON LINE AT: www.dwrcymru.com
§ CAFÉ OPENING HOURS ARE MONDAY – FRIDAY 10am – 4pm, SATURDAY & SUNDAY 8am – 4.30pm.
§ FISHING SEASON 20TH MARCH – CLOSING DATE TO BE ARRANGED
§ BOAT BOOKINGS – HIGHLY RECCOMMENDED
§ FISHING SHOP OPENING HOURS ARE MONDAY – SUNDAY 8am – 4pm
§ GIFT VOUCHERS AVAILABLE
§ JUNIORS – UNDER 16
§ PROOF OF ADDRESS NEEDED FOR LOCAL TICKETS

Left) Jim Crawford – winner of Ty Nant Classic 2009

(Right) George barron – Ty Nant Spring water Ltd

Jamie Bell caught the heaviest fish of the competition weighing in at 9lb 1oz. We would like to thank Gerald Taylor and Scierra UK for sponsoring the Trout League this year.

Garry Davies of Corwen came first with 13 fish for 24lb 1oz. 

In second place came George Barron with 12 fish for 22lb 5oz and in third place was Alan Hill with 11 fish for 20lb 4oz.

The best bag of the week went to Les Jones who had a great bag for 29lb 8oz.

The best fish of the day was 9lb 12oz and went to Greg White of the Emerald Islanders.