Stillwater · Mixed · Aberdeenshire, GB-SCT

Lochter Trout Fishery

Lochter Trout Fishery terrain map

Lochter sits in the farmland north of Oldmeldrum, a commercial stillwater and activity centre with a stocked trout loch at its heart.

Fair · Rainbow
Marabou Damsel · 8-12
Fairlive now
Reasonable summer fishing likely at Lochter Trout Fishery
Useful ripple, fishable wave. Worth a session if the wind holds.
50% confidence

Lochter Trout Fishery is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindNW 18 km/hGentle breeze
Today's fly
Marabou Damsel
Marabou Damsel8-12
Retrieve, sub-surface
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Gentle breeze
NW 18 km/h
N
NW
from the north-west
Wave20 cm ripple
Water temp—
Air temp18°C
CloudBroken
Pressure1017 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. 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

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-only venue. Fish from accessible margins, points, weed edges, and inflows.

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

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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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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
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O
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
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
74%
Cloud100%
Wind65%
Temp60%

A good match for Lochter Trout Fishery — most conditions are close to what it fishes best in.

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About this water

Lochter sits in the farmland north of Oldmeldrum, a commercial stillwater and activity centre with a stocked trout loch at its heart. Rainbows, put-and-take, fly-only on the fly water. It's well set up — proper facilities, decent coffee, the kind of venue that a family can visit for an afternoon with one member fishing and the others walking the grounds. The fishing is reliable commercial stillwater fare, and the location (inland Aberdeenshire, north of the Don) gives it a natural catchment that includes Inverurie, Turriff, and the whole Formartine area.

  • Fishery
  • Mixed
Why this score
  • Cloud cover (cloud) suits the fishery well.
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout year-round → year-round
Related guides
Scotland Playbookloch & river fishingSmall Stillwater Playbookstillwater tacticsThermal Layers & Troutreading depth and temperature
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