Stillwater · Limestone · Perthshire / Kinross, GB-SCT

Loch Leven

Broad view of Loch Leven from the south shore looking west, loch water filling the middle distance with farmland and hills beyond.
Fair · Trout
Marabou Damsel · 8-12
Fairlive now
Good drifting conditions on Loch Leven
Good wave on — drift country. A useful wave. Work the productive shore.
59% confidence
What moved it
  • WindSW 7 km/hLight breeze
Today's fly
Marabou Damsel
Marabou Damsel8-12
Retrieve, sub-surface
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Light breeze
SW 7 km/h
N
SW
from the south-west
WaveRipple
Water temp—
Air temp12°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure1018 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

Some readings unavailable — check directly before fishing.

Head to
Wind shiftWind shift
The Elbow / Magic TriangleRookeryThrapple Hole / Kelson Strip

The wind has shifted to a SW today, but 3 days of a W wind has loaded food into The Elbow / Magic Triangle, Rookery and Thrapple Hole / Kelson Strip. Fish haven't had time to redistribute — start there before following the new direction.

How to fish it · for Trout
When
April–September
Where
Set up a broadside drift and cover the water systematically. Work Black Pennell on the bob, Ke-He on the middle dropper, and Marabou Damsel on the point. Have a sedge or murrough pattern ready on a short leader for the evening rise.
The plan
Plan A

Set up a broadside drift and cover the water systematically. Work Black Pennell on the bob, Ke-He on the middle dropper, and Marabou Damsel on the point. Have a sedge or murrough pattern ready on a short leader for the evening rise.

Plan B

If the main plan is not working, switch to a smaller, more imitative pattern fished slower and deeper. A change of drift angle can also make a difference.

Watch for

Lake Olive may strengthen through the middle of the day as conditions warm.

Boat — drift

A gentle ripple is ideal for drifting — broadside drift covering the wind lanes should be productive.

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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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
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
Daddy Long LegsHatch
2
3
2
Black MidgeHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
Lake OliveHatch
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
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
65%
Cloud70%
Wind65%
Temp60%

A reasonable day here, though temperature isn't quite in the sweet spot.

Other water nearby · 5
Kinross Trout Fishery
4.0 km
Rainbow trout
Lomond Hills Fishery
11 km
Rainbow trout
Loch Glow
12 km
Brown trout
Loch Fitty
13 km
Rainbow trout · Brown trout
Ballo Reservoir
14 km
Rainbow trout · Brown trout
Gallery · 6
  1. Broad view of Loch Leven from the south shore looking west, loch water filling the middle distance with farmland and hills beyond.
    A view of Loch Leven
  2. Panoramic view across the open water of Loch Leven toward Castle Island bearing Lochleven Castle, Kinross.
    A view towards Castle Island, Loch Leven
  3. Shoreline of Loch Leven at Kinross on a summer day, open loch water extending to a low far shore.
    Loch Leven, Kinross
  4. Still, sunlit surface of Loch Leven seen from the north shore, reed-fringed foreground with rolling hills behind.
    View across Loch Leven from the north shore
  5. Open water of Loch Leven at Kinross on a clear day, with the Lomond Hills visible on the far shore.
    Loch Leven at Kinross
  6. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
Water quality (WFD)
  • Ecology: Poor
  • Chemical: Unknown
What this classification means

SEPA WFD 2022 (loch layer) — Loch Leven: Poor status. Re-tagged 2026-06-18 from the River Leven outflow, a river/burn waterbody, to the loch's own SEPA water body. Source: SEPA WFD 2022 classification (spatialdata.gov.scot / SEPA Aquatic Classification Hub).

SEPA (Scotland) · UKSC100269

Why this score
  • Lake Olive is in its seasonal window, boosting the chance of targeted feeding.
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Seasons & zones
TodayFishing closed on Sundays. Sunday fishing banned on some rivers (Tweed system, some estates). Not universal — many Scottish waters allow Sunday fishing. Check locally. This rule is applied conservatively as a regional default; river-level overrides should open Sunday where confirmed legal.Closed
  • Trout Mid March → 6 October
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