Stillwater · Peat · Stirlingshire

Loch Coulter Reservoir

View across Loch Coulter Reservoir toward Skea Craig hill near Stirling, Scotland

A small moorland reservoir tucked above the Carron Valley and a few miles south of Stirling — the sort of water that doesn't show up on most anglers' maps even when it's twenty minutes from their front door.

Fair · Trout
Kate McLaren · 12-14
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Reasonable summer fishing likely at Loch Coulter Reservoir
Good wave on — drift country. A useful wave. Work the productive shore.
61% confidence

Loch Coulter Reservoir is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindW 18 km/hGentle breeze
Today's fly
Kate McLaren
Kate McLaren12-14
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Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Gentle breeze
W 18 km/h
N
W
from the west
Wave40 cm chop
Water temp
Air temp19°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure1017 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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How to fish it · for Trout
When
May to July
Where
Start with Marabou Damsel (8-12) — on the point. Midday in warm weather — try deeper water or switch to a sinking line.
The plan
Plan A

Start with Marabou Damsel (8-12) — on the point. Midday in warm weather — try deeper water or switch to a sinking line.

Plan B

If the daddy is being refused, drop to a hopper or a single foam beetle and cover rising fish individually.

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
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Trout seasonSeason
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2
2
2
2
2
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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
Trout 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.

Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 2
  1. View across Loch Coulter Reservoir toward Skea Craig hill near Stirling, Scotland
    Loch Coulter Reservoir with Skea Craig beyond, near Stirling
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

A small moorland reservoir tucked above the Carron Valley and a few miles south of Stirling — the sort of water that doesn't show up on most anglers' maps even when it's twenty minutes from their front door. Managed by the Stirling, Clackmannan & District Angling Protective Association. Brown trout only, stocked modestly on a wild base. Coulter has the intimate feel of a hill loch without the drive; the fish are not enormous but they are mostly willing, and on a decent evening in June the surface can come alive in a way that makes the whole thing feel further from Stirling than it actually is.

  • Reservoir
  • Peat
Why this score
  • Daddy Longlegs are in their seasonal window, boosting the chance of targeted feeding.
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Trout 15 March6 October
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