Stillwater · Mixed · Aberdeenshire

Raemoir Trout Fishery

Raemoir Trout Fishery fishing venue photo

A well-regarded commercial rainbow fishery a mile or two north of Banchory in upper Deeside, tucked into woodland on the old Raemoir estate.

Fair · Rainbow
Kate McLaren · 12-14
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Evening session looks promising at Raemoir Trout Fishery
Useful ripple, fishable wave. Worth a session if the wind holds.
50% confidence

Raemoir Trout Fishery is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindNW 17 km/hGentle breeze
Today's fly
Kate McLaren
Kate McLaren12-14
Retrieve, in the film
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Gentle breeze
NW 17 km/h
N
NW
from the north-west
Wave20 cm ripple
Water temp—
Air temp19°C
CloudBroken
Pressure1015 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. Evening can produce explosive surface takes — try a foam beetle or booby on a long leader. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses.
The plan
Plan A

Start with Marabou Damsel (8-12) — on the point. Evening can produce explosive surface takes — try a foam beetle or booby on a long leader. 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.

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
74%
Cloud100%
Wind65%
Temp60%

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

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Gallery · 2
  1. Venue photo
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

A well-regarded commercial rainbow fishery a mile or two north of Banchory in upper Deeside, tucked into woodland on the old Raemoir estate. Multiple small lochs and ponds stocked with rainbow trout running from takeable stockies up to a few specimen fish that keep the regulars photographing. Fly only, day tickets, tuition, year-round. Raemoir is probably the best commercial stillwater for an angler based in central Aberdeenshire and serves as a sensible warm-up or rainy-day alternative when the Dee and its tributaries are unfishable. The fishery has been consistently well-run through changing ownership and has a solid local following among competition anglers as well as weekend rods.

  • Fishery
  • Mixed
Why this score
  • Cloud cover (cloud) suits the fishery well.
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Rainbow trout 1 January → 31 December

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

  • Trout year-round → year-round
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