Stillwater · Mixed · Moray

Glen of Rothes Trout Fishery

Wide view of a calm fishing pool at Glen of Rothes trout fishery, with anglers on the far bank and wooded hills beyond

Glen of Rothes is a commercial stillwater on Speyside, tucked between Rothes and Elgin on the edge of the whisky country.

Fair · Rainbow
Diawl Bach · 12-14
Fairlive now
Good summer conditions for Glen of Rothes Trout Fishery
Useful ripple, fishable wave. Worth a session if the wind holds.
61% confidence
What moved it
  • WindSW 30 km/hFresh breeze
Today's fly
Diawl Bach
Diawl Bach12-14
Washing-line, sub-surface
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Fresh breeze
SW 30 km/h
N
SW
from the south-west
Wave60 cm wave
Water temp—
Air temp14°C
CloudBroken
Pressure1001 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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How to fish it · for Rainbow
When
April to October
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

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.

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey

Hatch predictions

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Through the year
0–3 scale · July highlighted
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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
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N
D
Daphnia SwarmHatch
2
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
CB
CDC Buzzer Emerger
12-16 · Pattern
Upstream dry, in the film
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
60%
Cloud100%
Wind30%
Temp60%

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

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Gallery · 2
  1. Wide view of a calm fishing pool at Glen of Rothes trout fishery, with anglers on the far bank and wooded hills beyond
    A fishing pool at the Glen of Rothes
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

Glen of Rothes is a commercial stillwater on Speyside, tucked between Rothes and Elgin on the edge of the whisky country. Stocked rainbows, fly-only, fishing from bank and boat. The setting is pure Moray — low hills, pine woods, the sort of quiet country that makes you wonder why more people don't fish stillwaters up here. It's useful primarily as a backup for Spey anglers: when the river is too high, too low, or too cold to fish, Glen of Rothes gives you a guaranteed rod bend within half an hour's drive of the main beats. Honest commercial water with an excellent location.

  • Fishery
  • Mixed
Why this score
  • Wind conditions (windy) are not ideal for this water.
  • Cloud cover (cloud) suits the fishery well.
  • Terrestrials are in their seasonal window, boosting the chance of targeted feeding.
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout year-round → year-round
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