Stillwater · Mixed · Stirlingshire

Carbeth Fishery

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Carbeth sits in the quiet country north of Milngavie, where the suburbs end and the first swell of the Campsies begins.

Fair · Rainbow
Kate McLaren · 12-14
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Good summer conditions for Carbeth Fishery
Useful ripple, fishable wave. Worth a session if the wind holds.
61% confidence
What moved it
  • WindN 1 km/hDead calm
Today’s fly
Kate McLaren
Kate McLaren12-14
Retrieve, in the film
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Dead calm
N 1 km/h
N
N
from the north
WaveFlat calm
Water temp
Air temp12°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure1021 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

Some readings unavailable — check directly before fishing.

How to fish it · for rainbow
When
April to October
Where
Start with Claret Dabbler (10-14) — on the bob / top dropper. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses. If that does not produce, switch depth or speed before changing the pattern entirely.
The plan
Plan A

Start with Claret Dabbler (10-14) — on the bob / top dropper. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses. 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.

Through the year
0–3 scale · July highlighted
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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
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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
Rainbow fly box
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
59%
Cloud50%
Wind65%
Temp60%

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

Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 1
  1. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

Carbeth sits in the quiet country north of Milngavie, where the suburbs end and the first swell of the Campsies begins. It's a commercial stillwater stocked with rainbows and fished fly-only from the bank and from a small number of boats. The setting is better than the 'commercial fishery' label suggests — low hills, farmland, a pleasant walk down to the water — and the fishing is the reliable put-and-take kind that suits an evening after work or a short session with a friend. Handy for north Glasgow and the whole Clyde valley; the drive from the city is short enough to feel like a proper day out rather than a grinding expedition.

  • Fishery
  • Mixed
Why this score
  • summer conditions with overcast skies and calm wind.
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Troutyear-round → year-round
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Booking & contacts