Stillwater · Mixed · Aberdeenshire

Midmar Still Waters Fishery

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

Fair · Rainbow
Kate McLaren · 12-14
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Reasonable summer fishing likely at Midmar Still Waters Fishery
Useful ripple, fishable wave. Worth a session if the wind holds.
54% confidence
What moved it
  • WindNW 10 km/hLight breeze
Today’s fly
Kate McLaren
Kate McLaren12-14
Retrieve, in the film
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Light breeze
NW 10 km/h
N
NW
from the north-west
Wave20 cm ripple
Water temp—
Air temp10°C
CloudBroken
Pressure1021 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

Some readings unavailable — check directly before fishing.

How to fish it · for rainbow
When
April to October
Where
Start with Claret Dabbler (10-14) — 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 Claret Dabbler (10-14) — 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
79%
Cloud70%
Wind100%
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

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
  • Wind conditions (ripple) closely match what this water fishes best in.
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Troutyear-round → year-round
Related guides
Scotland Playbookloch & river fishingSmall Stillwater Playbookstillwater tacticsThermal Layers & Troutreading depth and temperature
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