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
Kate McLaren · 12-14
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Reasonable summer fishing likely at Frandy Fishery
Good wave on — drift country. A useful wave. Work the productive shore.
53% confidence

Frandy Fishery is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindW 13 km/hGentle breeze
Today's fly
Kate McLaren
Kate McLaren12-14
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Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Gentle breeze
W 13 km/h
N
W
from the west
Wave20 cm ripple
Water temp
Air temp11°C
CloudBroken
Pressure1019 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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How to fish it · for Rainbow
When
Conditions are not ideal but fishable at Frandy Fishery. The ripple should help fish move and feed more confidently. Early morning is often the most productive window in summer — make the most of it.
Where
Start with Marabou Damsel (8-12) — on the point. Evening can produce explosive surface takes — try a foam beetle or booby on a long leader. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses.
The plan
Plan A

Start with Marabou Damsel (8-12) — on the point. Evening can produce explosive surface takes — try a foam beetle or booby on a long leader. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses.

Plan B

If the main plan stalls, drop to a size 14–16 midge — switch to a washing-line or suspender rig and change drift line before you change food group.

Watch for

Buzzer may strengthen through the middle of the day as conditions warm.

Either bank or boat

Good ripple suits both bank and boat. Bank: work inflows, dam walls, and points. Boat: broadside drift covering wind lanes.

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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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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Trout seasonSeason
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2
2
2
2
2
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Daphnia SwarmHatch
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3
3
3
2
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
65%
Cloud70%
Wind65%
Temp60%

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

Other water nearby · 5
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
  • Buzzer is in its seasonal window, boosting the chance of targeted feeding.
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Rainbow trout 1 January31 December

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

  • Trout 1 April31 October
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