Stillwater · Mixed · West Lothian

Drumtassie Fishery

Drumtassie Fishery terrain map

Drumtassie sits on the West Lothian side of the Bathgate Hills, a commercial stillwater stocked with rainbows and run as a straightforward day-ticket fishery.

Fair · Rainbow
Kate McLaren · 12-14
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Reasonable summer fishing likely at Drumtassie Fishery
Useful ripple, fishable wave. Worth a session if the wind holds.
50% confidence

Drumtassie Fishery is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindW 20 km/hModerate breeze
Today's fly
Kate McLaren
Kate McLaren12-14
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Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Moderate breeze
W 20 km/h
N
W
from the west
Wave40 cm chop
Water temp—
Air temp18°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure1017 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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How to fish it · for Rainbow
When
April to October
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

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

Hatch predictions

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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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M
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M
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D
Daphnia SwarmHatch
2
3
3
3
2
Daddy Long LegsHatch
2
3
2
Lake OliveHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
Silverhorns & LonghornsHatch
1
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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About this water

Drumtassie sits on the West Lothian side of the Bathgate Hills, a commercial stillwater stocked with rainbows and run as a straightforward day-ticket fishery. It serves the M8 corridor — Livingston, Bathgate, the commuter belt — where the alternative would be a drive to the Pentlands or a trip out to Linlithgow Loch. The fishing is what it is: stocked rainbows on a small-ish water, honest put-and-take, no pretence of wild-water drama. What Drumtassie has going for it is location — it's the kind of place you can reach inside twenty minutes of finishing work and have a rod out while there's still light.

  • Fishery
  • Mixed
Why this score
  • summer conditions with overcast skies and breezy wind.
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout year-round → year-round
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