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River Fiddich

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The Fiddich runs through Dufftown and joins the Spey at Craigellachie, and like its neighbours on the south side of the lower Spey it is primarily a wild brown trout river with occasional summer sea trout.

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
0.48 m
Water temp
5.2°C
Estimated
Clarity
Clear
Air temp
6°C
Wind
S 9 km/h
Light breeze
Pressure
1001 hPa
Rain · 48h
0.5 mm
No meaningful rain
Rain · ahead
15.2 mm
Moderate 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.

Gallery · 1
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About this water

The Fiddich runs through Dufftown and joins the Spey at Craigellachie, and like its neighbours on the south side of the lower Spey it is primarily a wild brown trout river with occasional summer sea trout. The upper reaches above Dufftown are small-stream character at its best — wadeable, intimate, holding a reasonable head of wild fish on good insect life. The lower mile down to the Craigellachie confluence is more regulated by the Spey system and sees some run-in fish from the main river in the autumn. Day ticket fishing through local Dufftown clubs. The Fiddich is not a destination river but it's one of the more honest little Speyside tributaries, and the Craigellachie Hotel has been a natural base for fishers touching it since Victorian times.

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