Stillwater · Granite · South West / Devon

Burrator Reservoir

Burrator Reservoir — Burrator
Fair · Rainbow
Marabou Damsel · 8-12
A respectable few hours, if you choose your moments
Good wave on — drift country. A useful wave. Work the productive shore.
46% confidence
limited data

Burrator Reservoir is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindNW 19 km/hGentle breeze
Today's fly
Marabou Damsel
Marabou Damsel8-12
Retrieve, sub-surface
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Gentle breeze
NW 19 km/h
N
NW
from the north-west
Wave40 cm chop
Water temp—
Air temp21°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure1018 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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How to fish it · for Rainbow
When
Conditions are not ideal but fishable at Burrator Reservoir. The ripple should help fish move and feed more confidently. Evening can bring a surface rise — have a dry fly or emerger ready.
Where
Start with Marabou Damsel (8-12) — on the point. Evening can produce explosive surface takes — try a foam beetle or booby on a long leader. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses.
The plan
Plan A

Start with Marabou Damsel (8-12) — on the point. Evening can produce explosive surface takes — try a foam beetle or booby on a long leader. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses.

Plan B

If surface work dries up, try a diawl bach or hare's ear on the point and skate a sedge pattern on the bob at last light.

Watch for

Evening tends to be the best period in summer — stay late if you can for a sedge or spinner fall.

Bank

Bank-only venue. Fish from accessible margins, points, weed edges, and inflows.

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey

Hatch predictions

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Through the year
0–3 scale · August highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
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2
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Daphnia SwarmHatch
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Daddy Long LegsHatch
2
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Lake OliveHatch
2
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Silverhorns & LonghornsHatch
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2
2
2
1

Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Rainbow fly box
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
59%
Cloud50%
Wind65%
Temp60%

A reasonable day here, though cloud isn't quite in the sweet spot.

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Why this score
  • Silverhorn is in its seasonal window, boosting the chance of targeted feeding.
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 1 April → 30 September
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