Stillwater · Mixed · Stirlingshire

Swanswater Fishery

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Good · Rainbow
Minkie · 6-10
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Good summer conditions for Swanswater Fishery
Useful ripple, fishable wave. Fishable ripple — drift the productive shore.
66% confidence

Swanswater Fishery is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindS 5 km/hCalm
Today's fly
Minkie
Minkie6-10
Retrieve, sub-surface
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Calm
S 5 km/h
N
S
from the south
WaveFlat calm
Water temp
Air temp15°C
CloudBroken
Pressure1017 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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How to fish it · for Rainbow
When
Current conditions suit Swanswater Fishery well for summer tactics. Flat calm means fish may be spookier — longer leaders and subtler flies will help.
Where
Start with Marabou Damsel (8-12) — on the point. Early in the day, try buzzers on a slow figure-of-eight or a booby on a fast-sink line near the bottom. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses.
The plan
Plan A

Start with Marabou Damsel (8-12) — on the point. Early in the day, try buzzers on a slow figure-of-eight or a booby on a fast-sink line near the bottom. 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
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Daphnia SwarmHatch
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Daddy Long LegsHatch
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Lake OliveHatch
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Silverhorns & LonghornsHatch
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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
86%
Cloud100%
Wind65%
Temp100%

Conditions are ideal for Swanswater Fishery — wind, cloud and temperature all line up.

Other water nearby · 5
Why this score
  • Cloud cover (cloud) suits the fishery well.
  • Temperature (cool) is in the sweet spot for summer fishing.
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