Stillwater · Upland · Co. Fermanagh / Rosslea area, GB-NIR

Corranny Lake

View across the calm water of Corranny Lough towards a wooden fishing jetty and wooded far shore

Corranny is a compact stocked rainbow-trout lake in the Rosslea area.

Fair · Rainbow
Blob-style attractors (10–12) · 10–12
Fairlive now
Buzzer on Corranny Lake
Useful ripple, fishable wave. Worth a session if the wind holds.
58% confidence

Corranny Lake is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindS 25 km/hModerate breeze
Today's fly
BS
Blob-style attractors (10–12)10–12
Pull it for fresh stock fish or when nothing is rising.
Conditions on the water
Estimate
Wind
Moderate breeze
S 25 km/h
N
S
from the south
Wave40 cm chop
Water temp14.1°C
Air temp13°C
CloudClear
Pressure997 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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

Stale water· 1 mm in 48h

Little recent rain — fresh fish runs unlikely. Focus on resident fish and established lies.

Head to
Wind driftS wind
Northern end

A southerly has held for 7 hours at much the same temperature as the 14°C water. No thermal steer either way, but the drift still stacks food against the northern end — the bank it is blowing into — so start there. 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 Rainbow
When
Year-round, especially spring and early autumn
Where
Work Small streamers on the bob and Blob-style attractors on the point.
The plan
Plan A

Work Small streamers on the bob and Blob-style attractors on the point.

Plan B

If the main plan is not working, switch to a smaller, more imitative pattern fished slower and deeper. A change of drift angle can also make a difference.

Watch for

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

Bank

Bank-only venue. Fish from accessible margins, points, weed edges, and inflows.

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

Top nymph shown — see all 4 guilds as a supporter.

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey(1)

Hatch predictions

Top prey shown — see all 5 as a supporter.

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Through the year
0–3 scale · September highlighted
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F
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A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Trout seasonSeason
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
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
BS
Blob-style attractors (10–12)Top
10–12 · Lure
Pull it for fresh stock fish or when nothing is rising.
SS
Small streamers (8–10)
8–10 · Streamer
Strip it for fish chasing fry or in coloured water.
BP
Buzzer patterns (12–14)
10–14 · Buzzer
Static or slow on a long leader — the staple stillwater chironomid.
SD
Small dries (14–16)
12–16 · Fly
A dependable searching pattern for these waters.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
50%
Cloud25%
Wind30%
Temp100%

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

Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 2
  1. View across the calm water of Corranny Lough towards a wooden fishing jetty and wooded far shore
    Corranny Lough, County Fermanagh
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

Corranny is a compact stocked rainbow-trout lake in the Rosslea area. It is one of the cleaner small-water adds because the trout focus, season and access rules are all explicit in official DAERA material. Large attractor flies early and smaller dries or nymphs in warmer conditions are specifically called out, so anglers get a clearer picture here than they do on many minor stocked waters.

  • Lough
  • Upland
Why this score
  • Wind conditions (windy) are not ideal for this water.
  • Temperature (cool) is in the sweet spot for autumn fishing.
  • Buzzer is in its seasonal window, boosting the chance of targeted feeding.
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Trout 1 February → 31 December
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