Stillwater · Mixed · Scottish Borders / Tweed Valley

Kailzie Trout and Salmon Fishery

Kailzie Trout and Salmon Fishery terrain map

A compact Borders fishery on the Upper Tweed, offering both a two-acre fly lake and two miles of river with fifteen named pools — an unusual combination on a single day ticket.

Fair · Rainbow
Marabou Damsel · 8-12
Fairlive now
Reasonable summer fishing likely at Kailzie Trout and Salmon Fishery
Useful ripple, fishable wave. Worth a session if the wind holds.
57% confidence

Kailzie Trout and Salmon Fishery is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindW 23 km/hModerate breeze
Today's fly
MD
Marabou Damsel8-12
Retrieve, sub-surface
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Moderate breeze
W 23 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
Conditions are not ideal but fishable at Kailzie Trout and Salmon Fishery.
Where
Start with Booby (8-10) on a fast strip on floating line or static on sinking. 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 Booby (8-10) on a fast strip on floating line or static on sinking. 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

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Through the year
0–3 scale · August highlighted
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
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
45%
Cloud50%
Wind30%
Temp60%

Conditions are away from Kailzie Trout and Salmon Fishery's sweet spot — it usually fishes best in ripple wind with cloud skies.

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About this water

A compact Borders fishery on the Upper Tweed, offering both a two-acre fly lake and two miles of river with fifteen named pools — an unusual combination on a single day ticket. The lake holds trophy rainbows (record 18lb 7oz) with golden, blue, and tiger trout alongside stocked and wild browns; trickle stocking keeps fish in good condition. The river beat holds wild browns, grayling, and a salmon run from July through October. A 3.25lb grayling on a nymph from the Tweed pools is an entirely realistic ambition.

  • Fishery
  • Mixed
Why this score
  • Wind conditions (windy) are not ideal for this water.
  • Terrestrials are in their seasonal window, boosting the chance of targeted feeding.
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