Stillwater · Peat · Perthshire

Frandy Fishery

Frandy Fishery venue image

A high moorland reservoir up in Glendevon in the Ochil Hills, run as a stocked trout fishery by the Devon Angling Association.

Fair · Rainbow
Kate McLaren · 12-14
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Reasonable summer fishing likely at Frandy Fishery
Good wave on — drift country. A useful wave. Work the productive shore.
60% confidence

Frandy Fishery is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindSW 11 km/hLight breeze
Today's fly
Kate McLaren
Kate McLaren12-14
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Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Light breeze
SW 11 km/h
N
SW
from the south-west
Wave20 cm ripple
Water temp
Air temp22°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure1019 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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How to fish it · for Rainbow
When
Current conditions suit Frandy Fishery well for summer tactics. The ripple should help fish move and feed more confidently.
Where
Start with Marabou Damsel (8-12) — on the point. Early in the day, try buzzers on a slow figure-of-eight or a booby on a fast-sink line near the bottom. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses.
The plan
Plan A

Start with Marabou Damsel (8-12) — on the point. Early in the day, try buzzers on a slow figure-of-eight or a booby on a fast-sink line near the bottom. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses.

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.

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
0–3 scale · August highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
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2
2
2
2
2
1
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
73%
Cloud50%
Wind100%
Temp60%

A good match for Frandy Fishery — most conditions are close to what it fishes best in.

Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 1
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About this water

A high moorland reservoir up in Glendevon in the Ochil Hills, run as a stocked trout fishery by the Devon Angling Association. Genuinely upland — at well over 250 metres, surrounded by heather and grazing sheep and weather that does what it wants. Stocked mainly with rainbows on a wild brown base, fly only, boat and bank. Frandy has a long-standing reputation for producing better-than-average fish, partly because the altitude keeps the water cool through the summer and partly because the stocking policy has always favoured a few bigger specimens over a lot of stockies. Drive up from Dunning or through from Yetts o' Muckhart; either way the last mile is worth doing slowly to take in the view.

  • Reservoir
  • Peat
Why this score
  • Wind conditions (ripple) closely match what this water fishes best in.
  • Buzzer is in its seasonal window, boosting the chance of targeted feeding.
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Rainbow trout 1 January31 December

    No statutory close season for rainbow trout in Scotland; individual commercial fisheries may set their own opening days.

  • Trout 1 April31 October
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