Stillwater · Peat · Perthshire, GB-SCT

Frandy Fishery

Frandy Fishery venue image

A high moorland reservoir up in Glendevon in the Ochil Hills, run as a stocked trout fishery by the Devon Angling Association.

Fair · Rainbow
Minkie · 6-10
Fairlive now
Reasonable autumn fishing likely at Frandy Fishery
Useful ripple, fishable wave. Worth a session if the wind holds.
54% confidence

Frandy Fishery is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindSE 23 km/hModerate breeze
Today's fly
Minkie
Minkie6-10
Retrieve, sub-surface
Conditions on the water
Estimate
Wind
Moderate breeze
SE 23 km/h
N
SE
from the south-east
Wave40 cm chop
Water temp15.7°C
Air temp16°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure1002 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
South-eastern end

A southeasterly has held for 13 hours, running colder than the water (14°C air against 16°C water). The end it blows into is taking that chilled surface water, so try the sheltered south-eastern end instead — off the back of the wind, where the undertow returns food along the bottom. That chill sits in the top of the water, though, and the bed is slower to feel it — on a bottom bait it is the undertow, not the temperature, that puts you at this end. 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 Frandy Fishery.
Where
Start with Marabou Damsel (8-12) — on the point. 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 Marabou Damsel (8-12) — on the point. 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

If the daddy is being refused, drop to a hopper or a single foam beetle and cover rising fish individually.

Watch for

Keep an eye on changing conditions — wind shifts and cloud breaks can trigger short feeding spells.

Bank, sheltered shores

In wind, bank fish the lee shore — boats can anchor in productive areas if conditions allow.

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

Top nymph shown — see all 2 guilds as a supporter.

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey(1)

Hatch predictions

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Through the year
0–3 scale · September highlighted
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Trout seasonSeason
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
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
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
45%
Cloud50%
Wind30%
Temp60%

Conditions are away from Frandy Fishery's sweet spot — it usually fishes best in ripple wind with cloud skies.

Other water nearby · 5
Orchill Fishery
10 km
Rainbow trout
Kinross Trout Fishery
16 km
Rainbow trout
Allan Water
16 km
Brown trout
Loch Leven
19 km
Brown trout
Loch Glow
21 km
Brown trout
Gallery · 1
  1. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

A high moorland reservoir up in Glendevon in the Ochil Hills, run as a stocked trout fishery by the Devon Angling Association. Genuinely upland — at well over 250 metres, surrounded by heather and grazing sheep and weather that does what it wants. Stocked mainly with rainbows on a wild brown base, fly only, boat and bank. Frandy has a long-standing reputation for producing better-than-average fish, partly because the altitude keeps the water cool through the summer and partly because the stocking policy has always favoured a few bigger specimens over a lot of stockies. Drive up from Dunning or through from Yetts o' Muckhart; either way the last mile is worth doing slowly to take in the view.

  • Reservoir
  • Peat
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.
  • Reservoirs of this kind fish well at this time of year.
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Seasons & zones
  • Rainbow trout 1 January → 31 December

    No statutory close season for rainbow trout in Scotland; individual commercial fisheries may set their own opening days.

  • Trout 1 April → 31 October
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