Fishing Wales: Tackle and Techniques - Fishing Visit Wales

For fly anglers traditional flies with a more natural look seem to have the edge over more modern lures. Standards like Mallard & Claret, Zulu, Black Pennel and Blae & Black all take fish in the early part of the season when there are buzzers on the water as will more modern buzzer patterns, a good reserve fly is the Montana. From May sedges start to show then again it's the more traditional patterns that take fish, March Brown, Invicta, Hare's Ear and Wickhams. Later on in the season when the big fish move close in shore to feed on fry something with a bit of orange seems to work best such as a long shanked Dunkeld. Llyn Alaw is fairly shallow so a slow sinking or floating line is prefered by most of the regulars. Worm anglers tend to use a big lobworm, legered, whilst those who wish to spin find a Toby or Mepps type spinner works best.
Many anglers tend to fish within easy reach of car parks and stick to the same spot all day. It often pays to walk to some of the less heavily fished areas and if you get no luck at one spot move a bit to another. Boat anglers find that traditional loch style is as good as any. Because Llyn alaw is shallow boat fishing is best in the open water and along open banks, the bays tend to get weeded up and trout seem to avoid them. Good areas whether on the bank or boat are Drofa Point, Fferm Isa, Rhedyn and Glan Gors on the north western bank and Meinier and the island on the southeastern bank.