Stillwater · Mixed · Aberdeenshire

Lochter Trout Fishery

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

A respectable few hours, if you choose your moments

Useful ripple, fishable wave. Worth a session if the wind holds.

45% confidence

limited data

What moved it

WindS 14 km/hGentle breeze

Today’s fly

Kate McLaren12-14

Retrieve, in the film

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Conditions on the water

Live gauge

Trends shown where the gauge supports them

Wind

Gentle breeze

S 14 km/h

from the south

Wave

20 cm ripple

glasstoo rough

Water temp

—

No reading

Air temp

17°C

coldhot

Cloud

Overcast

Pressure

1020 hPa

lowhigh

Rain · recent

0.0 mm

drywet

Some readings unavailable — check directly before fishing.

How to fish it · for rainbow

When

April to October

Where

Start with Kate McLaren (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

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

Daphnia Swarm

Daddy Long Legs

Lake Olive

Silverhorns & Longhorns

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

59%

Cloud50%

Wind65%

Temp60%

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

Other water nearby · 5

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.