Stillwater · Mixed · East Lothian, GB-SCT

Markle Fisheries

Markle Fisheries venue image

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

Fair · Rainbow
Marabou Damsel · 8-12
Fairlive now
Reasonable autumn fishing likely at Markle Fisheries
Useful ripple, fishable wave. Worth a session if the wind holds.
59% confidence

Markle Fisheries is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindSE 36 km/hFresh breeze
Today's fly
Marabou Damsel
Marabou Damsel8-12
Retrieve, sub-surface
Conditions on the water
Estimate
Wind
Fresh breeze
SE 36 km/h
N
SE
from the south-east
Wave80 cm wave
Water temp16.8°C
Air temp17°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure1006 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
Conditions are not ideal but fishable at Markle Fisheries.
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 4 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
45%
Cloud50%
Wind30%
Temp60%

Conditions are away from Markle Fisheries's sweet spot — it usually fishes best in ripple wind with cloud skies.

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
  • Wind conditions (strong) are not ideal for this water.
  • Terrestrials are in their seasonal window, boosting the chance of targeted feeding.
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Trout year-round → year-round
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