Stillwater · Mixed · Ayrshire

Craufurdland Fishery

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

Fairlive now

Reasonable summer fishing likely at Craufurdland Fishery

Useful ripple, fishable wave. Worth a session if the wind holds.

54% confidence

What moved it

WindE 3 km/hCalm

Today’s fly

Kate McLaren12-14

Retrieve, in the film

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Conditions on the water

Live gauge

Trends shown where the gauge supports them

Wind

Calm

E 3 km/h

from the east

Wave

Flat calm

glasstoo rough

Water temp

—

No reading

Air temp

11°C

coldhot

Cloud

Overcast

Pressure

1021 hPa

lowhigh

Rain · recent

0.0 mm

drywet

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

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

Daphnia Swarm

Daddy Long Legs

Lake Olive

Silverhorns & Longhorns

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

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.