Stillwater · Mixed · Edinburgh, GB-SCT

Clubbiedean Reservoir

Clubbiedean Reservoir venue image

Clubbiedean is the small, quiet Pentland.

Fair · Rainbow
Minkie · 6-10
Fairlive now
Reasonable autumn fishing likely at Clubbiedean Reservoir
Good wave on — drift country. A useful wave. Work the productive shore.
64% confidence

Clubbiedean Reservoir is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindSW 20 km/hGentle breeze
Today's fly
Minkie
Minkie6-10
Retrieve, sub-surface
Conditions on the water
Estimate
Wind
Gentle breeze
SW 20 km/h
N
SW
from the south-west
Wave40 cm chop
Water temp12.1°C
Air temp14°C
CloudClear
Pressure1019 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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

Head to
Wind driftSW wind
South-western end

A southwesterly has held for 18 hours, running colder than the water (9°C air against 12°C water). The end it blows into is taking that chilled surface water, so try the sheltered south-western end instead — off the back of the wind, where the undertow returns food along the bottom. That chill sits in the top of the water, though, and the bed is slower to feel it — on a bottom bait it is the undertow, not the temperature, that puts you at this end. 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 Rainbow
When
Conditions are not ideal but fishable at Clubbiedean Reservoir. The ripple should help fish move and feed more confidently.
Where
Start with Marabou Damsel (8-12) — on the point. Early in the day, try buzzers on a slow figure-of-eight or a booby on a fast-sink line near the bottom. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses.
The plan
Plan A

Start with Marabou Damsel (8-12) — on the point. Early in the day, try buzzers on a slow figure-of-eight or a booby on a fast-sink line near the bottom. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses.

Plan B

If the main plan stalls, drop to a size 14–16 midge — switch to a washing-line or suspender rig and change drift line before you change food group.

Watch for

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

Either bank or boat

Good ripple suits both bank and boat. Bank: work inflows, dam walls, and points. Boat: broadside drift covering wind lanes.

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
Rainbow fly box
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
64%
Cloud25%
Wind65%
Temp100%

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

Clubbiedean is the small, quiet Pentland. Set lower and more sheltered than Harperrig and Threipmuir, it has more of the feel of a proper fly pond than an open reservoir — low banks, birch trees, the hills rising behind. It's stocked with rainbows and the odd brown, fished from boats and from the bank, and on a calm evening in May the midges come off thickly enough that the rises move across the water in broad sheets. It doesn't grow fish as large as its bigger neighbours and the fishing is rarely spectacular, but it's the kind of water that suits an angler who wants a quiet couple of hours after work rather than a full-day expedition. Handy for Edinburgh and much less exposed when the wind is up.

  • Reservoir
  • Mixed
Why this score
  • Temperature (cool) is in the sweet spot for autumn fishing.
  • Buzzer is in its seasonal window, boosting the chance of targeted feeding.
  • Reservoirs of this kind fish well at this time of year.
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  • Trout 2026-03-15 → 2026-10-31
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