Stillwater · Acidic · Highlands / Lochaber, GB-SCT

Loch Lochy

Loch Lochy panorama 20211024

Loch Lochy is one of the big Great Glen waters, a deep, acidic Highland loch in Lochaber that runs cold and dark and holds rather more than it lets on.

Marginal · Trout
Partridge and Orange · 14–16
A patient day, if you fancy it
Good wave on — drift country. Slow going — pick your moments and do not force it.
42% confidence
limited data
What moved it
  • WindSW 12 km/hGentle breeze
Today's fly
Partridge and Orange
Partridge and Orange14–16
Proven pattern for this period
Conditions on the water
Estimate
Wind
Gentle breeze
SW 12 km/h
N
SW
from the south-west
Wave20 cm ripple
Water temp7.6°C
Air temp6°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure1008 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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

Stale water· 0.3 mm in 48h

Little recent rain — fresh fish runs unlikely. Focus on resident fish and established lies.

How to fish it · for Trout
When
No strong hatch signals at the moment — general searching tactics should work best. Drift conditions look good — cover the wind lanes.
Where
Set up a broadside drift and cover the water systematically. Work Partridge and Orange on the bob and Hare's Ear Nymph on the point.
The plan
Plan A

Set up a broadside drift and cover the water systematically. Work Partridge and Orange on the bob and Hare's Ear Nymph on the point.

Plan B

If the main plan is not working, switch to a smaller, more imitative pattern fished slower and deeper. A change of drift angle can also make a difference.

Watch for

Keep an eye on changing conditions — wind shifts and cloud breaks can trigger short feeding spells.

Boat — drift

A gentle ripple is ideal for drifting — broadside drift covering the wind lanes should be productive.

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
Heather FlyHatch
2
2
Daddy Long LegsHatch
2
3
3
2
Claret DunHatch
2
3
2
Murrough (Great Red Sedge)Hatch
2
3
2

Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Buzzer team todayfor the conditions now
Point
Black buzzer, orange thorax
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
Trout fly box

A balanced Scottish river profile. Early season nymphs and spiders, then more dry-fly and emerger fishing as hatches strengthen on steadier glides and richer water.

What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
71%
Cloud50%
Wind65%
Temp100%

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

Gallery · 2
  1. Loch Lochy panorama 20211024
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

The headline fish, if you can find them, are ferox — the old, cannibal browns that go deep and grow heavy on a diet of char. There's salmon and sea trout running through too, on their way up the system, so you fish a loch like this knowing the water under your boat holds fish you'll likely never see. For the fly angler the realistic quarry is the wild brown of a half-pound to a pound or two, taken loch-style off the shallows and around the burn mouths where the food and the fish concentrate.

  • Loch
  • Acidic
Why this score
  • Temperature (cool) is in the sweet spot for winter fishing.
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At a glance

Loch Lochy is a loch in Highlands / Lochaber, Scotland. Its recorded elevation is about 30 m above sea level and the catchment geology is acidic. Our data lists rainbow trout and brown trout here. Best window recorded for anglers: April to September; a good wave with cloud, working the shallows and burn mouths. Core methods listed: Loch-style wet fly, team of three; Drifting the shallows and shoreline; Working the bob fly through the wave.