Stillwater · Mixed · Ayrshire

New Haylie Trout Fishery

New Haylie Trout Fishery terrain map
Terrain map

New Haylie is a mixed-geology fishery in Ayrshire, stocked with rainbows and browns, and like a lot of west-coast stillwaters it lives at the mercy of an Atlantic sky that can't make its mind up.

Fair · Rainbow
Greenwell's Glory · 14-18
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Good summer conditions for New Haylie Trout Fishery
Useful ripple, fishable wave. Worth a session if the wind holds.
53% confidence
What moved it
  • WindSE 8 km/hLight breeze
Today’s fly
Greenwell's Glory
Greenwell's Glory14-18
High-confidence seasonal pick
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Light breeze
SE 8 km/h
N
SE
from the south-east
WaveRipple
Water temp—
Air temp11°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure—
Rain · recent0.0 mm

Some readings unavailable — check directly before fishing.

How to fish it · for rainbow
When
Current conditions suit New Haylie Trout Fishery well for summer tactics. The ripple should help fish move and feed more confidently. Early morning is often the most productive window in summer — make the most of it. Advice is based on the typical character of central scotland & lowland small fisheries — local knowledge of this specific fishery will sharpen these suggestions.
Where
Start with Greenwell's Glory (14-18) on a As per local method. 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 Greenwell's Glory (14-18) on a As per local method. 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

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 · June highlighted
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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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About this water

New Haylie is a mixed-geology fishery in Ayrshire, stocked with rainbows and browns, and like a lot of west-coast stillwaters it lives at the mercy of an Atlantic sky that can't make its mind up. That's no bad thing for the fishing — a bit of cloud and a working breeze are exactly what these fish want. The rainbows cruise and chase, the browns hold tighter and want more finesse, and the day's work is mostly figuring out which depth the fish are sitting at and matching it. It's straightforward stillwater fishing done in honest surroundings, the kind of place you can fish badly and still come home content.

  • Fishery
  • Mixed
Why this score
  • Wind conditions (ripple) closely match what this water fishes best in.
  • Patterns drawn from the Central Scotland & Lowland Small Fisheries regional profile.
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