Stillwater · Mixed · Aberdeenshire, GB-SCT

Midmar Still Waters Fishery

Midmar Still Waters Fishery venue image

Midmar sits in the Aberdeenshire country west of the city, in the quiet rolling farmland around Echt and Midmar.

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

Midmar Still Waters Fishery is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindSE 17 km/hGentle breeze
Today's fly
Marabou Damsel
Marabou Damsel8-12
Retrieve, sub-surface
Conditions on the water
Estimate
Wind
Gentle breeze
SE 17 km/h
N
SE
from the south-east
Wave20 cm ripple
Water temp9.0°C
Air temp9°C
CloudBroken
Pressure1021 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
North-western end

A southeasterly has held for 15 hours, running warmer than the water (12°C air against 9°C water). Expect fish at the north-western end — the bank it is blowing into — where the drift piles food, colour and warmth together. This reads the upper water, though — a bottom bait at range feels it far less than a floater or a fish in the margins. 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 Rainbow
When
April to October
Where
Start with Marabou Damsel (8-12) — on the point. Evening can produce explosive surface takes — try a foam beetle or booby on a long leader. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses.
The plan
Plan A

Start with Marabou Damsel (8-12) — on the point. Evening can produce explosive surface takes — try a foam beetle or booby on a long leader. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses.

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 fishing near inflows, dam walls, and weed beds. Move to find feeding fish.

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

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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
74%
Cloud100%
Wind65%
Temp60%

A good match for Midmar Still Waters Fishery — 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

Midmar sits in the Aberdeenshire country west of the city, in the quiet rolling farmland around Echt and Midmar. It's a commercial stillwater fishery — one or two stocked lochs, rainbow trout, fly-only, day tickets. What it offers that the Aberdeen commercials inside the city don't is scale and setting: you're out in proper country, the lochs are larger, and the fishing has more of the feel of a stillwater day out rather than a quick after-work session. Useful for Aberdonians who want to get away from the suburban feel of the closer-in fisheries, and for anyone based in Royal Deeside or Donside who wants a change from river fishing.

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