Y Gwyniad

Ok for the essentials but not much more. Lovely people beautiful place

A disappointing shop. I always like to support local business over big faceless chain stores, and since yr awyr agored gwych is my passion I always try to check out the independent places like this when I get close enough to pop in. The name of the shop was very enticing, 'Y Gwyniad'- it's a small fish unique to Llyn Tegid (aside from a secondary safety net colony) so I had high hopes here particularity for the fishing tackle. Walking through the door you're greeted by generic outdoorsy gear. It's the sort of stuff you'd buy on a market stall or campsite shop. You've got the basics- gas, torches, even a few pocket knives ( Whitby catalogue stuff) hand warmers, bootsocks, pocket ponchos and so on. It's right down the lower end of the scale to the point of being disposable. This isn't gear you're investing in or expecting to last much longer than whatever caravan holiday you're on but will get you by. I was shocked to see reasonably comprehensive range of fly tying gear, one of the best I've found and it's reasonably priced for what it is. They've easily got 40 different types of dubbin alone on the wall along with hare masks, feathers, tinsel, and even a good few hook types along with plenty of pre tied local patterns. The funny thing though is all of the spoons, lures, bubble floats, weights and ready to fish gear for the casuals (all Rovex type stuff so straight out of the ML catalogue) are madly over priced, I know this is a touristy type shop but sioe wael bois. The lass behind the counter seemed thoughtfully disinterested too, I initially thought this might be a bit of sais prejudice as my wife is from Derbyshire (and has the accent) but even when I turned on the Cymraeg ( un o'r hogia Fôn dwi) it failed to gain any kind of acknowledgement let alone engagement. After the frosty reception we left without making a purchase. tl:dr if you're after camping gear or fishing tackle head up to Corwen. Soldier of Fortune on the industrial estate will do you for any camping situation you'll encounter anywhere in the world, and the tackle shop in Corwen Manor on the highstreet is a legit Diawa stockist and very competitively priced.

The owner is very helpful. They do day and weekly tickets for fishing on bala and district angling associatiln waters. He has a very good stock of all the little odds and ends you need to replace to go fishing.

Excellent service and beautiful hand-tied fishing flies

best tackle shop in wales and the most helpful.thanks for all your help. jim w