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Lomond Hills Fishery

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Lomond Hills Fishery is a small commercial operation in the Fife hills west of Falkland, stocked with rainbows and fished fly-only from the bank.

Fair · Rainbow
Kate McLaren · 12-14
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
  • WindSE 16 km/hGentle breeze
Today’s fly
Kate McLaren
Kate McLaren12-14
Retrieve, in the film
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Gentle breeze
SE 16 km/h
N
SE
from the south-east
Wave20 cm ripple
Water temp—
Air temp18°C
CloudBroken
Pressure1020 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

Some readings unavailable — check directly before fishing.

How to fish it · for rainbow
When
April to September
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

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.

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
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
Rainbow fly box
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
74%
Cloud100%
Wind65%
Temp60%

A good match for this venue — most conditions are close to what it fishes best in.

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Gallery · 1
  1. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

Lomond Hills Fishery is a small commercial operation in the Fife hills west of Falkland, stocked with rainbows and fished fly-only from the bank. It's put-and-take water — tickets by the hour or the day, fish put in on a regular schedule, no pretence of being anything it isn't. What it has going for it is the setting (the quiet country between Falkland and Loch Leven) and the convenience for Fife-based anglers who want an evening session without the drive to Loch Leven or Kinross. A small water that fishes best in spring and autumn when the stocking is fresh and the water is cool.

  • Fishery
  • Mixed
Why this score
  • Cloud cover (cloud) suits the fishery well.
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Troutyear-round → year-round
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