Stillwater · Acidic · Highlands

Achagour Fishery

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

Fair · Trout
Black Buzzer #12 · 10–14
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Evening session looks promising at Achagour Fishery
Useful ripple, fishable wave. Worth a session if the wind holds.
64% confidence
What moved it
  • WindE 17 km/hGentle breeze
Today’s fly
BB
Black Buzzer #1210–14
Static or slow on a long leader — the staple stillwater chironomid.
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Gentle breeze
E 17 km/h
N
E
from the east
Wave20 cm ripple
Water temp—
Air temp14°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure1014 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

Some readings unavailable — check directly before fishing.

How to fish it · for trout
When
April to September, cloudy days with a ripple and cool-to-moderate water
Where
Start with Greenwell's Glory (14-18) on a As per local method. 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 Greenwell's Glory (14-18) on a As per local method. 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 fishing near inflows, dam walls, and weed beds. Move to find feeding fish.

Through the year
0–3 scale · June 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
Trout fly box
BB
Black Buzzer #12Top
10–14 · Buzzer
Static or slow on a long leader — the staple stillwater chironomid.
DB
Diawl Bach #12
10–14 · Nymph
On a team, slow retrieve through the top few feet.
C1
Cruncher #12
10–14 · Buzzer
Static or slow on a long leader — the staple stillwater chironomid.
OD
Olive Damsel #10
8–10 · Damsel
Slow figure-of-eight through weed margins in summer.
HS
Hare's Ear nymph #12
14–16 · Nymph
Search the runs and pockets, dead-drift near the bottom.
CS
Cat's Whisker (small) #10
8–10 · Streamer
Strip it for fish chasing fry or in coloured water.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
71%
Cloud50%
Wind65%
Temp100%

A good match for this venue — most conditions are close to what it fishes best in.

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Gallery · 1
  1. 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
  • Temperature (cool) is in the sweet spot for summer fishing.
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