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Loganlea Reservoir

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Loganlea is the wild one.

Fair · Trout
Kate McLaren · 12-14
A respectable few hours, if you choose your moments
Good wave on — drift country. A useful wave. Work the productive shore.
47% confidence
limited data
What moved it
  • WindS 13 km/hGentle breeze
Today’s fly
Kate McLaren
Kate McLaren12-14
Retrieve, in the film
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Gentle breeze
S 13 km/h
N
S
from the south
Wave20 cm ripple
Water temp
Air temp17°C
CloudBroken
Pressure1019 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

Some readings unavailable — check directly before fishing.

How to fish it · for trout
When
May to August
Where
Start with Marabou Damsel (8-12) — on the point. 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. If that does not produce, switch depth or speed before changing the pattern entirely.

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

Evening tends to be the best period in summer — stay late if you can for a sedge or spinner fall.

Either bank or boat

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

Through the year
0–3 scale · July highlighted
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
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
Trout 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

Loganlea is the wild one. Where Glencorse and Harperrig are managed, stocked, and fly-fished in the open reservoir tradition, Loganlea sits higher in the Pentlands above the Logan Burn, holding a population of wild brown trout that have been there forever and will be there after the rest of us are gone. The fish are small — a half-pounder is a good one, a pound fish is memorable — but they are honest wild trout in honest wild water, and they come to a dry fly on a June evening with the kind of enthusiasm that reminds you why you started fishing in the first place. The walk in is short but the feel is remote. On a warm still night with the midges bad enough to keep the casual tourist away, you'll have the loch to yourself.

  • Reservoir
  • Mixed
Why this score
  • Buzzer is in its seasonal window, boosting the chance of targeted feeding.
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout2026-03-15 → 2026-10-06
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