Stillwater · Limestone · Leicestershire, GB-ENG

Breedon Priory Fishery

Breedon Priory Fishery terrain map

Breedon Priory is a limestone-fed stillwater in Leicestershire, the kind of small managed fishery where you can park, walk twenty yards, and be fishing before you've finished your coffee.

Fair · Rainbow
Partridge and Orange · 14-16
A respectable few hours, if you choose your moments
Useful ripple, fishable wave. Worth a session if the wind holds.
46% confidence
limited data
What moved it
  • WindSE 19 km/hGentle breeze
Today's fly
Partridge and Orange
Partridge and Orange14-16
Upstream, in the film
Conditions on the water
Estimate
Wind
Gentle breeze
SE 19 km/h
N
SE
from the south-east
Wave40 cm chop
Water temp18.5°C
Air temp20°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure1010 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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

Head to
Wind driftSE wind
North-western end

A southeasterly has held for 7 hours, running warmer than the water (21°C air against 19°C water). Expect fish at the north-western end — the bank it is blowing into — where the drift piles food, colour and warmth together. 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
Conditions are not ideal but fishable at Breedon Priory Fishery. The ripple should help fish move and feed more confidently. Advice is based on the typical character of east midlands lowland small fisheries — local knowledge of this specific fishery will sharpen these suggestions.
Where
Start with Pheasant Tail Nymph (14-16) — on the point — slow figure-of-eight retrieve. 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

Start with Pheasant Tail Nymph (14-16) — on the point — slow figure-of-eight retrieve. 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.

Plan B

A fry-imitating pattern stripped through the margins can save a blank in autumn.

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.

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
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

Spider-heavy and practical. Strong tradition of North Country soft hackles, useful nymphing, and simple dry flies when fish rise properly.

What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
65%
Cloud70%
Wind65%
Temp60%

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

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About this water

Breedon Priory is a limestone-fed stillwater in Leicestershire, the kind of small managed fishery where you can park, walk twenty yards, and be fishing before you've finished your coffee. The limestone gives the water a richness that shows in the buzzer hatches, and the stocked rainbows here behave like stocked rainbows everywhere — eager when fresh, distinctly more thoughtful once they've been around a while. There are browns too, quieter and more inclined to hold near structure. The thing about a water this size is that you can see most of it, which means you can watch for movement before you commit. A fish porpoising in the ripple tells you more than any fly box ever will. Best read by wind, light and water temperature.

  • Fishery
  • Limestone
Why this score
  • autumn conditions with overcast skies and breezy wind.
  • Patterns drawn from the East Midlands Lowland Small Fisheries regional profile.
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