Stillwater · Mixed · Aberdeenshire

Midmar Still Waters Fishery

Midmar Still Waters Fishery terrain map

Midmar sits in the Aberdeenshire country west of the city, in the quiet rolling farmland around Echt and Midmar.

Fair · Rainbow
Marabou Damsel · 8-12
Fairlive now
Reasonable summer fishing likely at Midmar Still Waters Fishery
Useful ripple, fishable wave. Worth a session if the wind holds.
58% confidence

Midmar Still Waters Fishery is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindW 7 km/hLight breeze
Today's fly
Marabou Damsel
Marabou Damsel8-12
Retrieve, sub-surface
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Light breeze
W 7 km/h
N
W
from the west
WaveRipple
Water temp—
Air temp11°C
CloudBroken
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 fishing near inflows, dam walls, and weed beds. Move to find feeding fish.

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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F
M
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M
J
J
A
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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
79%
Cloud70%
Wind100%
Temp60%

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

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River Livet
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Brown trout
Rescobie Loch
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Rainbow trout · Brown trout
About this water

Midmar sits in the Aberdeenshire country west of the city, in the quiet rolling farmland around Echt and Midmar. It's a commercial stillwater fishery — one or two stocked lochs, rainbow trout, fly-only, day tickets. What it offers that the Aberdeen commercials inside the city don't is scale and setting: you're out in proper country, the lochs are larger, and the fishing has more of the feel of a stillwater day out rather than a quick after-work session. Useful for Aberdonians who want to get away from the suburban feel of the closer-in fisheries, and for anyone based in Royal Deeside or Donside who wants a change from river fishing.

  • Fishery
  • Mixed
Why this score
  • Wind conditions (ripple) closely match what this water fishes best in.
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout year-round → year-round
Related guides
Scotland Playbookloch & river fishingSmall Stillwater Playbookstillwater tacticsThermal Layers & Troutreading depth and temperature
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