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River Dulnain

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The Dulnain drains the Monadhliath mountains and joins the Spey at Dulnain Bridge between Aviemore and Grantown-on-Spey.

Species

Day off — closed today

Reopens Monday. A day for tying flies and reading the river instead.

Closed — confidence not applicable today.
Water temperature for brown trout
Cool — slow
5°C est.ideal 10–16°C
0°14°28°
Why this score · for brown trout
  • Temperature2528% weight
  • Flow8022% weight
  • Clarity9518% weight
  • Feeding Time4513% weight
  • Pressure807% weight
  • Prey Activity2012% weight
Conditions
Level
0.25 m
Water temp
5.2°C
Estimated
Clarity
Clear
Air temp
6°C
Wind
SE 6 km/h
Calm
Pressure
1001 hPa
Rain · 48h
0.1 mm
No meaningful rain
Rain · ahead
9.5 mm
Light rain · next 48h

Live readings — water temperature is an estimate where the gauge does not record it.

How to fish it · for brown trout
When
Nymphing can work through most of the day.
Where
Cover mixed depths.
Method
Start with tight-line nymphs and adjust if fish rise or drift higher.
Kit
9 ft #4 rod, floating line, 12 ft tapered leader to 4–5 lb fluoro tippet.
Through the year
0–3 scale · May highlighted
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
March BrownHatch
2
3
2
GrannomHatch
2
2
Large StoneflyHatch
2
3
2
Yellow SallyHatch
2
3
2

Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

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About this water

The Dulnain drains the Monadhliath mountains and joins the Spey at Dulnain Bridge between Aviemore and Grantown-on-Spey. It is one of the more productive wild trout tributaries of the whole Spey system — a fast, clean, stony river that runs over granite and mica-schist and holds wild brown trout in decent numbers through most of its length. Some sea trout and the occasional salmon come up from the Spey but this is wild trout water first and foremost, with good hatches of March browns in spring and medium olives through May and June. Day tickets are easy to come by through the Strathspey Angling Improvement Association and local outlets in Aviemore and Grantown. Proper hill stream fishing, a short drive from some of Scotland's best-known salmon water but quieter than any of it.

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