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Forbes of Kingennie

Forbes of Kingennie terrain map
Terrain map

A commercial complex on the Kingennie estate just outside Dundee, with several small lochs and ponds stocked with rainbow trout and a few browns for variety.

Fair · Rainbow
Kate McLaren · 12-14
Fairlive now
Good summer conditions for Forbes of Kingennie
Useful ripple, fishable wave. Worth a session if the wind holds.
61% confidence
What moved it
  • WindNW 7 km/hLight breeze
Today’s fly
Kate McLaren
Kate McLaren12-14
Retrieve, in the film
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Light breeze
NW 7 km/h
N
NW
from the north-west
WaveRipple
Water temp—
Air temp12°C
CloudClear
Pressure1020 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

Some readings unavailable — check directly before fishing.

How to fish it · for rainbow
When
Conditions are not ideal but fishable at Forbes of Kingennie. The ripple should help fish move and feed more confidently.
Where
Start with Diawl Bach (12-14) — 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

Start with Diawl Bach (12-14) — 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.

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
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Daphnia SwarmHatch
2
3
3
3
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Daddy Long LegsHatch
2
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
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
66%
Cloud25%
Wind100%
Temp60%

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

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About this water

A commercial complex on the Kingennie estate just outside Dundee, with several small lochs and ponds stocked with rainbow trout and a few browns for variety. Bait and fly across different waters — the fly lochs are clearly marked and run to different rules from the general-purpose ones. It's a proper estate operation: accommodation, restaurant, a wedding barn, and fishing as one leg of a broader country-leisure offering. That can be a turn-off for the purist and a genuine virtue for a family weekend, and both readings are right in their way. For a Dundee angler after a reliable couple of hours and a solid tea, Forbes of Kingennie is about as convenient as it gets.

  • Fishery
  • Mixed
Why this score
  • Wind conditions (ripple) closely match what this water fishes best in.
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Seasons & zones
  • Troutyear-round → year-round
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