Stillwater · Acidic · Highlands, GB-SCT

Achagour Fishery

A stocked fishing lake at Achagour with a wooden angling platform, surrounded by grass banks and woodland

Achagour sits in the Highlands and asks little of you beyond turning up and paying attention.

Fair · Trout
Partridge and Orange · 14-16
A respectable few hours, if you choose your moments
Useful ripple, fishable wave. Worth a session if the wind holds.
49% confidence
limited data

Achagour Fishery is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindS 25 km/hModerate breeze
Today's fly
Partridge and Orange
Partridge and Orange14-16
Proven pattern for this period
Conditions on the water
Estimate
Wind
Moderate breeze
S 25 km/h
N
S
from the south
Wave40 cm chop
Water temp11.4°C
Air temp13°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure1007 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

No gauge on this water — readings are regional estimates from weather, not a live gauge.

Head to
Wind driftS wind
Northern end

A southerly has held for 7 hours, running warmer than the water (13°C air against 11°C water). Expect fish at the northern end — the bank it is blowing into — where the drift piles food, colour and warmth together. This reads the upper water, though — a bottom bait at range feels it far less than a floater or a fish in the margins. Treat it as a tiebreaker between good swims rather than an override — features and angling pressure usually count for more.

How to fish it · for Trout
When
April to September, cloudy days with a ripple and cool-to-moderate water
Where
Start with Hare's Ear Nymph (12-16) — on the point — slow figure-of-eight retrieve. If that does not produce, switch depth or speed before changing the pattern entirely.
The plan
Plan A

Start with Hare's Ear Nymph (12-16) — on the point — slow figure-of-eight retrieve. If that does not produce, switch depth or speed before changing the pattern entirely.

Plan B

A fry-imitating pattern stripped through the margins can save a blank in autumn.

Watch for

Keep an eye on changing conditions — wind shifts and cloud breaks can trigger short feeding spells.

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(1)

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Through the year
0–3 scale · September highlighted
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Reservoir BuzzerHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
Daphnia SwarmHatch
2
3
3
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
Trout fly box

A balanced Scottish river profile. Early season nymphs and spiders, then more dry-fly and emerger fishing as hatches strengthen on steadier glides and richer water.

What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
57%
Cloud50%
Wind30%
Temp100%

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

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Gallery · 2
  1. A stocked fishing lake at Achagour with a wooden angling platform, surrounded by grass banks and woodland
    Fishing lake at Achagour
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

Achagour sits in the Highlands and asks little of you beyond turning up and paying attention. It's the sort of acidic upland water where the trout aren't there to be admired, exactly, but to be caught — stocked fish that have got their feet under the table and fish a touch warier than the day they arrived. There's nothing grand about it, which is rather the point. On a soft, grey day with a ripple working across the surface you'll do well, and on a flat, bright one you'll mostly think about things. Cool water fishes best. The fish hold deeper than you'd like in a bright spell and come up willingly when the light goes off.

  • Fishery
  • Acidic
Why this score
  • Wind conditions (windy) are not ideal for this water.
  • Temperature (cool) is in the sweet spot for autumn fishing.
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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
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