Stillwater · Mixed · Ayrshire, GB-SCT

Craufurdland Fishery

Craufurdland Fishery terrain map

Craufurdland is the estate fishery near Fenwick, run as part of a larger activity centre on the edge of Kilmarnock.

Fair · Rainbow
Minkie · 6-10
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Evening session looks promising at Craufurdland Fishery
Useful ripple, fishable wave. Worth a session if the wind holds.
50% confidence

Craufurdland Fishery is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindW 16 km/hGentle breeze
Today's fly
Minkie
Minkie6-10
Retrieve, sub-surface
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Gentle breeze
W 16 km/h
N
W
from the west
Wave20 cm ripple
Water temp
Air temp15°C
CloudBroken
Pressure1019 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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How to fish it · for Rainbow
When
April to October
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

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

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

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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
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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
77%
Cloud70%
Wind65%
Temp100%

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

Other water nearby · 5
About this water

Craufurdland is the estate fishery near Fenwick, run as part of a larger activity centre on the edge of Kilmarnock. Stocked rainbow trout, fly-only on the dedicated trout loch, catch-and-release and keep tickets both available. The estate setting is the draw — Craufurdland has been in the same family for centuries and the walk from the car park to the water passes through the kind of mature parkland that makes you slow down. The fishing is commercial put-and-take with all that implies, but it's well managed, the fish are in good condition, and the proximity to Glasgow and Ayrshire makes it a natural after-work venue.

  • Fishery
  • Mixed
Why this score
  • Temperature (cool) is in the sweet spot for summer fishing.
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Trout year-roundyear-round
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