Stillwater · Mixed · Southern Scotland

Allandale Tarn Fisheries

Allandale Tarn Fisheries terrain map

Allandale Tarn is small-water fishing in southern Scotland, and small water has a way of concentrating the mind.

Fair · Trout
Elk Hair Caddis · 12-16
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Reasonable summer fishing likely at Allandale Tarn Fisheries
Water temperature is the limiting factor today, not the wave. Fish dawn or dusk if you go at all, and handle everything with extra care.
58% confidence

Allandale Tarn Fisheries is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindSW 16 km/hGentle breeze
Today's fly
Elk Hair Caddis
Elk Hair Caddis12-16
High-confidence seasonal pick
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Gentle breeze
SW 16 km/h
N
SW
from the south-west
Wave20 cm ripple
Water temp—
Air temp25°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure1019 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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How to fish it · for Trout
When
Stocked all season; best on overcast, breezy days with cool water
Where
Start with Klinkhammer (14-16) on a As per local method. If that does not produce, switch depth or speed before changing the pattern entirely.
The plan
Plan A

Start with Klinkhammer (14-16) on a As per local method. If that does not produce, switch depth or speed before changing the pattern entirely.

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.

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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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
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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

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
49%
Cloud50%
Wind65%
Temp25%

Conditions are away from Allandale Tarn Fisheries's sweet spot — it usually fishes best in ripple wind with cloud skies.

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About this water

Allandale Tarn is small-water fishing in southern Scotland, and small water has a way of concentrating the mind. You can see most of it from the bank, which sounds like an advantage until you realise the trout can see most of you too. Mixed geology, stocked fish, and the kind of dour weather that the regulars actually pray for — a bit of cloud, a bit of breeze, the surface broken just enough to give a fish confidence. It fishes best when it's least pleasant to stand there, which is a joke the place plays on everyone equally. Keep low, keep the cast tidy, and let the fly do the work.

  • Fishery
  • Mixed
Why this score
  • summer conditions with overcast skies and breezy wind.
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