Start with Minkie (6–10) — on the point. If that does not produce, switch depth or speed before changing the pattern entirely.
Slow down everything. A booby on a fast-sinking line, left static, can pick up deep fish.
Keep an eye on changing conditions — wind shifts and cloud breaks can trigger short feeding spells.
Good ripple suits both bank and boat. Bank: work inflows, dam walls, and points. Boat: broadside drift covering wind lanes.
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A reasonable day here, though cloud isn't quite in the sweet spot.
It's fished for wild and stocked brown trout from boats, loch-style, on traditional tackle. The fish are not large by commercial standards but they are honest, free-rising in the right conditions, and the setting is far more beautiful than its low-key reputation suggests. On a warm May evening with a light ripple and a caenis hatch coming off, Lintrathen gives the kind of fishing most anglers think you have to drive to the Highlands for.
Lintrathen is the big one in Angus — a substantial Scottish Water reservoir west of Kirriemuir, tucked into the quiet country between Strathmore and the foothills of the Grampians, managed by Dundee Angling Club on a permit basis.
Start with Minkie (6–10) — on the point. If that does not produce, switch depth or speed before changing the pattern entirely.
Slow down everything. A booby on a fast-sinking line, left static, can pick up deep fish.
Keep an eye on changing conditions — wind shifts and cloud breaks can trigger short feeding spells.
Good ripple suits both bank and boat. Bank: work inflows, dam walls, and points. Boat: broadside drift covering wind lanes.
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A reasonable day here, though cloud isn't quite in the sweet spot.
It's fished for wild and stocked brown trout from boats, loch-style, on traditional tackle. The fish are not large by commercial standards but they are honest, free-rising in the right conditions, and the setting is far more beautiful than its low-key reputation suggests. On a warm May evening with a light ripple and a caenis hatch coming off, Lintrathen gives the kind of fishing most anglers think you have to drive to the Highlands for.
Loch of Lintrathen is a reservoir in Angus, Scotland. It sits at about 235 m above sea level. The species listed for this water is brown trout. The trout season is recorded as running from 15 April to 30 September. Best window recorded for anglers: May to August. Core methods listed: loch style; wet fly team; dry fly. Nearby waters in our listings include Loch of Lintrathen at < 1 km, Ledyatt Fishery at 22 km and Rescobie Loch at 23 km.
