Stillwater · Mixed · Edinburgh

Clubbiedean Reservoir

Clubbiedean Reservoir terrain map

Clubbiedean is the small, quiet Pentland.

Fair · Rainbow
Kate McLaren · 12-14
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Reasonable summer fishing likely at Clubbiedean Reservoir
Water temperature is the limiting factor today, not the wave. Fish dawn or dusk if you go at all, and handle everything with extra care.
63% confidence

Clubbiedean Reservoir is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindSW 15 km/hGentle breeze
Today's fly
Kate McLaren
Kate McLaren12-14
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Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Gentle breeze
SW 15 km/h
N
SW
from the south-west
Wave20 cm ripple
Water temp
Air temp24°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure1019 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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How to fish it · for Rainbow
When
Conditions are not ideal but fishable at Clubbiedean Reservoir. The ripple should help fish move and feed more confidently. Very warm conditions — trout have a narrower safe zone of cool, oxygen-rich water. Fish only at first light or last light, use barbless hooks, keep fish in the water during release, and stop if fish struggle to recover. Early morning is often the most productive window in summer — make the most of it.
Where
Start with Marabou Damsel (8-12) — on the point. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses. If that does not produce, switch depth or speed before changing the pattern entirely.
The plan
Plan A

Start with Marabou Damsel (8-12) — on the point. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses. If that does not produce, switch depth or speed before changing the pattern entirely.

Plan B

Fish early and late, try deeper during the heat of the day with a fast-sinking line.

Watch for

Buzzers may strengthen through the middle of the day as conditions warm.

Either bank or boat

Good ripple suits both bank and boat. Bank: work inflows, dam walls, and points. Boat: broadside drift covering wind lanes.

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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Through the year
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Daphnia SwarmHatch
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Daddy Long LegsHatch
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Lake OliveHatch
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Silverhorns & LonghornsHatch
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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
49%
Cloud50%
Wind65%
Temp25%

Conditions are away from Clubbiedean Reservoir's sweet spot — it usually fishes best in ripple wind with cloud skies.

Other water nearby · 5
About this water

Clubbiedean is the small, quiet Pentland. Set lower and more sheltered than Harperrig and Threipmuir, it has more of the feel of a proper fly pond than an open reservoir — low banks, birch trees, the hills rising behind. It's stocked with rainbows and the odd brown, fished from boats and from the bank, and on a calm evening in May the midges come off thickly enough that the rises move across the water in broad sheets. It doesn't grow fish as large as its bigger neighbours and the fishing is rarely spectacular, but it's the kind of water that suits an angler who wants a quiet couple of hours after work rather than a full-day expedition. Handy for Edinburgh and much less exposed when the wind is up.

  • Reservoir
  • Mixed
Why this score
  • Buzzers are in their seasonal window, boosting the chance of targeted feeding.
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Seasons & zones
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