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United Kingdom / Rhondda Cynon Taf / Brown trout

Brown trout bite in Rhondda Cynon Taf

Brown trout lives in Rhondda Cynon Taf. Today's bite forecast, a day-by-day and hour-by-hour activity calendar, best time and baits.

Brown trout bite forecast in Rhondda Cynon Taf today

Best fishing days for the next week

  1. SundaySeptember 6weather-based forecast
    63/100high activity

    Partly cloudy: 13–19 °C

    Best fishing time: 06:00–09:00

  2. ThursdaySeptember 3weather-based forecast
    61/100high activity

    Partly cloudy: 16–19 °C

    Best fishing time: 19:00–22:00

  3. WednesdaySeptember 9weather-based forecast
    60/100high activity

    Cloudy: 8–14 °C

    Best fishing time: 19:00–22:00

How to catch Brown trout

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Brown trout bite calendar

Thursday, September 3

Aug 31 – Sep 6
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Tue
Wed
Thu
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Sat
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Bite activity:highmediumlowslow
Based on:weatherseasonal
What is a bite calendar?

Hourly activity

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Bite activity:highmediumlow

The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. Pressure is rising — activity tends to be more subdued.

Peak bite hours

Best time — 06:00–07:00 (dawn bite) and 19:00–21:00 (dusk bite).

Tactics

Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.

Lures

The water's turning murky — go with bright, noisy lures: spinner or small crankbait.

Gear

No special gear needed — seasonal clothing will do. Rain is expected — don't forget a rain jacket or a waterproof shell.

Summary

An average day — best chances during peak windows.

Why this forecast

The computed water temperature is around 16 °C — inside the 6–17 °C comfort range for Brown trout, so baseline activity is high.

Computed water temperature by month; the green band is the 6–17 °C comfort rangecomfort 6–17 °C16 °C
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Brown trout works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.

The day: daylight hours and when Brown trout feeds0:0012:0024:00

Pressure is dropping 2 hPa over the day — fish are usually more active ahead of a weather change.

Pressure through the day, 2 hPa change
00:00 · 101623:00 · 1014 hPa

September is an active season for Brown trout here.

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These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works

3 SepThursday, September 3
+18°

Partly cloudy · feels like +17°

Low / high
+16°…+19°
Precipitation
0.0 mm
Wind
11 mph WSW
Cloud cover
52%
Humidity
79%
Pressure
1018 hPa
00:00+17°0.8 mm12 mphsouthwest wind, 12 mph98%100%
01:00+17°0.3 mm12 mphwest wind, 12 mph98%100%
02:00+17°—10 mphwest wind, 10 mph94%100%
03:00+16°—10 mphwest wind, 10 mph92%100%
04:00+16°—9 mphwest wind, 9 mph91%100%
05:00+16°—10 mphwest wind, 10 mph91%100%
06:00+16°—11 mphwest wind, 11 mph90%100%
07:00+16°0.1 mm11 mphwest wind, 11 mph89%100%
08:00+16°—10 mphwest wind, 10 mph91%100%
09:00+17°—9 mphwest wind, 9 mph88%100%
10:00+17°—10 mphwest wind, 10 mph85%100%
11:00+18°—10 mphwest wind, 10 mph83%92%
12:00+18°—11 mphwest wind, 11 mph79%52%
13:00+18°—13 mphsouthwest wind, 13 mph81%95%
14:00+19°—13 mphwest wind, 13 mph82%87%
15:00+19°—14 mphsouthwest wind, 14 mph80%78%
16:00+18°—14 mphwest wind, 14 mph83%90%
17:00+18°—15 mphwest wind, 15 mph84%84%
18:00+17°—13 mphwest wind, 13 mph85%72%
19:00+17°—12 mphsouthwest wind, 12 mph86%94%
20:00+17°—13 mphsouthwest wind, 13 mph89%98%
21:00+16°0.6 mm11 mphsouthwest wind, 11 mph96%100%
22:00+16°0.2 mm15 mphsouthwest wind, 15 mph95%100%
23:00+16°0.4 mm16 mphsouthwest wind, 16 mph95%100%
+19°+17°+16°
Weather throughout the day
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Sun and moon

Thursday, September 3
The day: daylight and the hours the moon is above the horizon. Local time0:0012:0024:00
DaylightMoon above the horizon
Sunrise
06:29
Sunset
19:55
Day length
13 h 26 min
Sunshine hours
6 h 13 min
UV index
3
moderate
Moon
Last quarter
Moonrise
21:57
Moonset
14:40

The day is 4 min shorter than yesterday.

Sunshine hours count direct sun only — cloud cover cuts it, so it is shorter than daylight.

Solunar feeding periods

+12% in the windowThursday, September 3
Feeding windows on the day scale, local time0:0012:0024:00
Major periodsMinor periods
  • Major04:53–06:53Moon overhead
  • Minor14:10–15:10Moonset
  • Major17:22–19:22Moon underfoot
  • Minor21:27–22:27Moonrise

The windows are set by the moon's transit and rise, and the forecast above already accounts for them: within these hours the bite score sits higher than across the rest of the day, while the day's overall level still comes from the catch-calibrated model.

What are solunar periods?