Stillwater · Mixed · East Lothian

Markle Fisheries

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A three-lake commercial rainbow fishery on the edge of East Linton in East Lothian, twenty minutes east of Edinburgh.

Fair · Rainbow
Kate McLaren · 12-14
Fairlive now
Reasonable summer fishing likely at Markle Fisheries
Useful ripple, fishable wave. Worth a session if the wind holds.
59% confidence
What moved it
  • WindE 12 km/hGentle breeze
Today’s fly
Kate McLaren
Kate McLaren12-14
Retrieve, in the film
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Gentle breeze
E 12 km/h
N
E
from the east
Wave20 cm ripple
Water temp
Air temp16°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure1020 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

Some readings unavailable — check directly before fishing.

How to fish it · for rainbow
When
Current conditions suit Markle Fisheries well for summer tactics. The ripple should help fish move and feed more confidently.
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
71%
Cloud50%
Wind65%
Temp100%

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

Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 1
  1. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

A three-lake commercial rainbow fishery on the edge of East Linton in East Lothian, twenty minutes east of Edinburgh. Put-and-take: stocked rainbow trout at takeable size, with browns and blue trout added for variety, and a good head of bigger specimens for anglers prepared to work for them. Open year-round. Day tickets, half-day tickets, the full commercial menu. The lakes are small enough to read in a morning and varied enough to keep you coming back — one deeper, one weedy, one nursery-ish with smaller fish for beginners and families. Not a wild experience, but a useful one: somewhere you can be on the water inside the hour with a reasonable expectation of bending the rod.

  • Fishery
  • Mixed
Why this score
  • Temperature (cool) is in the sweet spot for summer fishing.
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Troutyear-round → year-round
Related guides
Booking & contacts