Stillwater · Mixed · Perthshire, GB-SCT

Orchill Fishery

Orchill Fishery terrain map

A commercial put-and-take on the Orchill estate near Auchterarder, between Perth and Stirling, offering a couple of stocked rainbow waters on lowland farmland.

Fair · Rainbow
Minkie · 6-10
Fairlive now
Reasonable autumn fishing likely at Orchill Fishery
Useful ripple, fishable wave. Worth a session if the wind holds.
59% confidence

Orchill Fishery is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindS 15 km/hGentle breeze
Today's fly
Minkie
Minkie6-10
Retrieve, sub-surface
Conditions on the water
Estimate
Wind
Gentle breeze
S 15 km/h
N
S
from the south
Wave20 cm ripple
Water temp15.3°C
Air temp15°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure1004 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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

Head to
Wind driftS wind
Northern end

A southerly has held for 16 hours at much the same temperature as the 15°C water. No thermal steer either way, but the drift still stacks food against the northern end — the bank it is blowing into — so start there. 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 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

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 3 guilds as a supporter.

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey(1)

Hatch predictions

Top prey shown — see all 4 as a supporter.

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Through the year
0–3 scale · October 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
71%
Cloud50%
Wind65%
Temp100%

A good match for Orchill Fishery — most conditions are close to what it fishes best in.

Other water nearby · 5
Allan Water
9.0 km
Brown trout
Frandy Fishery
10 km
Rainbow trout · Brown trout
Swanswater Fishery
22 km
Rainbow trout · Brown trout
River Devon
23 km
Brown trout
Loch Coulter Reservoir
25 km
Brown trout
About this water

A commercial put-and-take on the Orchill estate near Auchterarder, between Perth and Stirling, offering a couple of stocked rainbow waters on lowland farmland. Day tickets, tuition, year-round fishing. It sits at the opposite end of the Perthshire fishery spectrum from Frandy — lowland rather than upland, sheltered rather than exposed, and reliably stocked for anglers who want to bend a rod without a drive into the hills. The fishery has held a following through two decades of changing ownership and commercial fashion, mostly because it does the basic things properly: stocked fish in reasonable numbers, clean bank access, and staff who know what they're talking about. Not a place of wild romance, but a good place to spend a morning.

  • Fishery
  • Mixed
Why this score
  • Temperature (cool) is in the sweet spot for autumn fishing.
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout year-round → year-round
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