Stillwater · Limestone · Highlands / Sutherland-Caithness, GB-SCT

Far North Limestone Lochs

Loch Borralie at sunset, a clear limestone loch near Durness in the far north of Scotland.

Durness and Assynt limestone lochs — some of Scotland's clearest waters, where you can see fish rise from 20 feet away.

Marginal · Trout
Bibio · 10-12
A patient day, if you fancy it
Useful ripple, fishable wave. Slow going — pick your moments and do not force it.
41% confidence
limited data

Far North Limestone Lochs is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindW 26 km/hModerate breeze
Today's fly
Bibio
Bibio10-12
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Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Moderate breeze
W 26 km/h
N
W
from the west
Wave60 cm wave
Water temp
Air temp12°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure1016 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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How to fish it · for Trout
When
June to September
Where
Work Bibio on the bob and Green Peter on the point. Have a sedge or murrough pattern ready on a short leader for the evening rise.
The plan
Plan A

Work Bibio on the bob and Green Peter on the point. Have a sedge or murrough pattern ready on a short leader for the evening rise.

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

Evening tends to be the best period in summer — stay late if you can for a sedge or spinner fall.

Boat — at anchor

Windy conditions suit anchoring in productive areas rather than open-water drifting.

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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Daddy Long LegsHatch
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Black MidgeHatch
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Lake OliveHatch
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Silverhorns & LonghornsHatch
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Trout fly box

Still traditional loch-style, but with slightly more room for olives, upwings, lighter attractors and surface-oriented fishing when conditions suit.

What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
45%
Cloud50%
Wind30%
Temp60%

Conditions are away from Far North Limestone Lochs's sweet spot — it usually fishes best in ripple wind with cloud skies.

Other water nearby · 3
Gallery · 2
  1. Loch Borralie at sunset, a clear limestone loch near Durness in the far north of Scotland.
    Loch Borralie, one of the far-north limestone lochs near Durness, Sutherland, renowned for wild brown trout in gin-clear water.
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

Durness and Assynt limestone lochs — some of Scotland's clearest waters, where you can see fish rise from 20 feet away. The trout here are exceptional pound-for-pound — small fish but hard-fighting, cruising the shallow water in search of shrimp and snails. Remote and rarely pressured means fish have time to think. Fishing here rewards stillness and observation; read the water, locate the fish, and present with precision. The landscape is utterly unique — limestone hills and white-sand beaches. The kind of place where time moves differently.

  • Loch
  • Limestone
Water quality (WFD)
  • EcologyGood
  • ChemicalUnknown

SEPA (Scotland) · UKSC020563

Why this score
  • Wind conditions (windy) are not ideal for this water.
  • Daddy Longlegs are in their seasonal window, boosting the chance of targeted feeding.
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Trout 15 March6 October
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