Stillwater · Mixed · Edinburgh, GB-SCT

Loganlea Reservoir

Loganlea Reservoir in the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh, showing calm water and the characteristic twin outlet towers.

Loganlea is the wild one.

Fair · Trout
Minkie · 6-10
Fairlive now
Reasonable autumn fishing likely at Loganlea Reservoir
Useful ripple, fishable wave. Worth a session if the wind holds.
64% confidence

Loganlea Reservoir is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindSE 31 km/hFresh breeze
Today's fly
Minkie
Minkie6-10
Retrieve, sub-surface
Conditions on the water
Estimate
Wind
Fresh breeze
SE 31 km/h
N
SE
from the south-east
Wave60 cm wave
Water temp14.0°C
Air temp13°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure1009 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

No gauge on this water — readings are regional estimates from weather, not a live gauge.

Head to
Wind driftSE wind
South-eastern end

A southeasterly has held for most of a day, running colder than the water (12°C air against 14°C water). The end it blows into is taking that chilled surface water, so try the sheltered south-eastern end instead — off the back of the wind, where the undertow returns food along the bottom. That chill sits in the top of the water, though, and the bed is slower to feel it — on a bottom bait it is the undertow, not the temperature, that puts you at this end. Treat it as a tiebreaker between good swims rather than an override — features and angling pressure usually count for more.

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

A fry-imitating pattern stripped through the margins can save a blank in autumn.

Watch for

Keep an eye on changing conditions — wind shifts and cloud breaks can trigger short feeding spells.

Bank

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

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

Top nymph shown — see all 2 guilds as a supporter.

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey(1)

Hatch predictions

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Through the year
0–3 scale · September highlighted
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Reservoir BuzzerHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
Daphnia SwarmHatch
2
3
3
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
57%
Cloud50%
Wind30%
Temp100%

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

Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 2
  1. Loganlea Reservoir in the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh, showing calm water and the characteristic twin outlet towers.
    Loganlea Reservoir in the Pentland Hills, built to supply compensation water to mills on the River Esk.
  2. 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
  • Wind conditions (windy) are not ideal for this water.
  • Temperature (cool) is in the sweet spot for autumn fishing.
  • Sedge is in its seasonal window, boosting the chance of targeted feeding.
  • Reservoirs of this kind fish well at this time of year.
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 2026-03-15 → 2026-10-06
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