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
Minkie · 6–10
Fairlive now
Reasonable winter 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
  • WindSW 16 km/hGentle breeze · Gusts to 23 km/h
Today's fly
Minkie
Minkie6–10
Retrieve, sub-surface
Conditions on the water
Estimate
Wind
Gentle breeze · Gusts to 23 km/h
SW 16 km/h
N
SW
from the south-west
Wave20 cm ripple
Water temp6.4°C
Air temp4°C
CloudBroken
Pressure1011 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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

Head to
Wind driftSW wind
South-western end

A southwesterly has held for 8 hours, running colder than the water (4°C air against 7°C water). The end it blows into is taking that chilled surface water, so try the sheltered south-western end instead — off the back of the wind, where the undertow returns food along the bottom. That chill sits in the top of the water, though, and the bed is slower to feel it — on a bottom bait it is the undertow, not the temperature, that puts you at this end. 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 Minkie (6–10) — 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 Minkie (6–10) — 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

Slow down everything. A booby on a fast-sinking line, left static, can pick up deep fish.

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 · November 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.

Buzzer team todayfor the conditions now
Point
Bloodworm
Not in this water's box
#10
How to fish it
Slow-sink line · slow figure-of-eight, pausing to let the flies hang

Fly recommendations

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Ranked for today
Rainbow fly box
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
86%
Cloud100%
Wind65%
Temp100%

Conditions are ideal for Midmar Still Waters Fishery — wind, cloud and temperature all line up.

Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 1
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About this water

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.
  • Temperature (cool) is in the sweet spot for winter fishing.
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Trout year-round → year-round
Related guides
Casting instructors near here
Booking & contacts
At a glance

Midmar Still Waters Fishery is a stillwater fishery in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It sits at about 424 m above sea level. The species listed for this water is rainbow trout. The trout season is recorded as running from year-round to year-round. Best window recorded for anglers: April to October. Core methods listed: nymph; buzzer; lure. Nearby waters in our listings include Raemoir Trout Fishery at 6.0 km, Raemoir Trout Fishery at 6.0 km and Lochter Trout Fishery at 27 km.