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River Affric (Highland) — a spot well known among anglers. About 9 km long. Flows into River Glass. Here you'll find a bite prediction — when fish are active and which hours give the best chances, adjusted for weather and pressure.
Other nearby places to fish
Other nearby waters
The course is moderately sinuous: pools are scoured at the bends and riffles run between them. The longest river around: all 7 neighbours are shorter.
Highland: the months when each species peaks and when it goes quiet. The current month is outlined.
| Fish | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perch | peak | active | active | active | fair | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak |
| Ruffe | fair | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active |
| Grayling | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | peak | fair |
| Roach | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active |
| Barbel | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | active | active | active | slow |
| Dace | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| European eel | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Pike | active | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active | peak | peak | active |
| Whitefish | slow | slow | fair | fair | active | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Zander | active | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active |
| Atlantic salmon | slow | slow | fair | fair | peak | peak | active | active | active | active | slow | slow |
| Bream | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Brown trout | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | active | active | slow | slow |
| Rainbow trout | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | fair | slow |
| White bream | fair | fair | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | fair | slow | fair |
| Bleak | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | active | active | fair | fair | slow | slow |
| Chub | slow | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Crucian carp | slow | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | active | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Ide | slow | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Carp | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Rudd | slow | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Tench | slow | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Wels catfish | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | fair | slow | slow |
Wednesday, October 21
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.
River Affric — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. A thunderstorm is possible: activity rises before the front and drops after. Peak 08:00–10:00 and 18:00–19:00.
The computed water temperature is around 8 °C — inside the 4–14 °C comfort range for Atlantic salmon, so baseline activity is high.
Atlantic salmon works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is flat: it moves no more than 1 hPa over the day, so the weather isn't shifting today's bite.
One more input — the moon's feeding windows: within their hours the score sits higher than across the rest of the day. The window times are in the “Solunar feeding periods” card below.
October is an active season for Atlantic salmon here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
Drizzle · feels like +6°
The day is 5 min shorter than yesterday.
Sunshine hours count direct sun only — cloud cover cuts it, so it is shorter than daylight.
Geomagnetic fieldG1 geomagnetic storm, Kp 4.7
Kp index — NOAA data. Not part of the bite score: catches show no link between geomagnetic storms and the bite.
The windows are set by the moon's transit and rise, and the forecast above already accounts for them: within these hours the bite score sits higher than across the rest of the day, while the day's overall level still comes from the catch-calibrated model.
What are solunar periods?Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.
River Affric — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. A thunderstorm is possible: activity rises before the front and drops after. Peak 08:00–10:00 and 18:00–19:00.
Rain: -1–6 °C