Stillwater · Mixed · Fife, GB-SCT

Lomond Hills Fishery

Lomond Hills Fishery venue image

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
Minkie · 6-10
A respectable few hours, if you choose your moments
Useful ripple, fishable wave. Worth a session if the wind holds.
49% confidence
limited data

Lomond Hills Fishery is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindE 26 km/hModerate breeze
Today's fly
Minkie
Minkie6-10
Retrieve, sub-surface
Conditions on the water
Estimate
Wind
Moderate breeze
E 26 km/h
N
E
from the east
Wave60 cm wave
Water temp14.8°C
Air temp14°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure1012 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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

How to fish it · for Rainbow
When
April to September
Where
Start with Marabou Damsel (8-12) — on the point. 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 Marabou Damsel (8-12) — on the point. 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

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
Rainbow 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.

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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
  • Wind conditions (windy) are not ideal for this water.
  • Temperature (cool) is in the sweet spot for autumn fishing.
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout year-round → year-round
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