Stillwater · Mixed · Edinburgh

Loganlea Reservoir

Loganlea Reservoir in the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh, showing calm water and the characteristic twin outlet towers.

Loganlea is the wild one.

Fair · Trout
Marabou Damsel · 8-12
Fairlive now
Reasonable summer fishing likely at Loganlea Reservoir
Good wave on — drift country. A useful wave. Work the productive shore.
61% confidence

Loganlea Reservoir is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindSW 9 km/hLight breeze
Today's fly
MD
Marabou Damsel8-12
Retrieve, sub-surface
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Light breeze
SW 9 km/h
N
SW
from the south-west
WaveRipple
Water temp
Air temp16°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure1018 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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How to fish it · for Trout
When
May to August
Where
Start with Marabou Damsel (8-12) — on the point. 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. 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
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
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What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
85%
Cloud50%
Wind100%
Temp100%

Conditions are ideal for Loganlea Reservoir — wind, cloud and temperature all line up.

Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 2
  1. Loganlea Reservoir in the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh, showing calm water and the characteristic twin outlet towers.
    Loganlea Reservoir in the Pentland Hills, built to supply compensation water to mills on the River Esk.
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

Loganlea is the wild one. Where Glencorse and Harperrig are managed, stocked, and fly-fished in the open reservoir tradition, Loganlea sits higher in the Pentlands above the Logan Burn, holding a population of wild brown trout that have been there forever and will be there after the rest of us are gone. The fish are small — a half-pounder is a good one, a pound fish is memorable — but they are honest wild trout in honest wild water, and they come to a dry fly on a June evening with the kind of enthusiasm that reminds you why you started fishing in the first place. The walk in is short but the feel is remote. On a warm still night with the midges bad enough to keep the casual tourist away, you'll have the loch to yourself.

  • Reservoir
  • Mixed
Why this score
  • Wind conditions (ripple) closely match what this water fishes best in.
  • Temperature (cool) is in the sweet spot for summer fishing.
  • Daddy Longlegs are in their seasonal window, boosting the chance of targeted feeding.
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 2026-03-152026-10-06
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