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
Marabou Damsel · 8-12
Fairlive now
Reasonable summer fishing likely at Orchill Fishery
Useful ripple, fishable wave. Worth a session if the wind holds.
58% confidence

Orchill Fishery is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindSW 10 km/hLight breeze
Today's fly
Marabou Damsel
Marabou Damsel8-12
Retrieve, sub-surface
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Light breeze
SW 10 km/h
N
SW
from the south-west
Wave20 cm ripple
Water temp—
Air temp11°C
CloudClear
Pressure1018 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 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

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-only venue. Fish from accessible margins, points, weed edges, and inflows.

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

See the full sub-surface read with Pro.

Start free trial

14-day free trial. Cancel anytime.

Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey

Hatch predictions

Top prey shown — see all 5 with Pro.

Start free trial

14-day free trial. Cancel anytime.

Through the year
0–3 scale · August 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
66%
Cloud25%
Wind100%
Temp60%

A reasonable day here, though cloud isn't quite in the sweet spot.

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
  • Wind conditions (ripple) closely match what this water fishes best in.
Directions
Apple MapsGoogle Maps
Seasons & zones
  • Trout year-round → year-round
Related guides
Scotland Playbookloch & river fishingSmall Stillwater Playbookstillwater tacticsThermal Layers & Troutreading depth and temperature
Casting instructors near here
Booking & contacts
Permits & access