Good morning, Just to let you know I am still trying to finalise my courses for next spring with the hotel and Estate but the dates should be the same week as this year, which on the 2026 calendar will be Mon – Wed 6th – 8th April. The cost will be a small increase […]
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Traquair Tweed, 1st November 2025
River was coloured and full of leaves first thing and rose to 2′ 4″ during the morning. I left after lunch for the long drive home having not seen anything at all on the top beat. I had hoped to find a few running up the edges in the thinner water. A good tactic if […]
Traquair, Tweed. 31st October 2025
Cold, wet and fishless. River rose gradually all day to 1’4″ on the Peebles gauge and coloured up with lots of leaves. More heavy rain after lunch added to the fun making me wet on the outside to add to both boots full on the inside. My overnight gluing clearly failed to seal the leaks. […]
Traquair, Tweed 30th October 2025
River now 7″ on Peebles gauge. A bitter cold north east wind blowing upstream and making casting hard work. I saw several fish move in the Mound first thing, but they would look at nothing. I had a half-hearted tug in the meetings whilst chatting to Rufus, but it didn’t stick. Then fished the entire […]
Fairnilee, Tweed 29th October 2025
The luck of the Irish! Water holding at 9″ on the Peebles gauge. A better day with less wind. Overnight a run of fish came into the Rae Wheel and below. The two Irish lads had 5 salmon and two sea trout from there and Black Strand below. Well done to them. Eric L then […]
Fairnilee, Tweed 28th October 2025
Water 10″ on Peebles gauge a rise of 4″ during the day. Very blustery wind and squally showers bringing lots of leaves! But the rise of water did move a few fish which was helpful. They were still few and far between but the Irish lads had 3 on and lost before they got one […]
Fairnilee, Tweed 27th October 2025
Water 6″ on the Peebles gauge up 2″ from yesterday when we arrived – Yeah! Blazing sun and a cold wind to add to our prospects. To be fair, I had a good pull in the Neidpath in the morning and had a fish on for about 45 seconds in Russells Rock twitching a light […]
Tweed upon arrival 26th October 2025
Water is 4″ on Peebles gauge, it has not moved significantly since the beginning of October when they had a 2′ 6″ lift for one day. Promising rain belts have swept the country but all have missed the borders and despite encouraging rain as we came over the top on the A7 on the drive […]
Castle Grant 3 River Spey 6th September 2025
Another perfect fishing day but with the low water the Spey has had for weeks and weeks. Lots of stale fish in Pollwick and just the odd stale grilse jumping elsewhere if you put a fly over it. With fantastic encouragement by Simon, we put big flies, micro flies, skated flies and anything else we […]
River Spey, Castle Grant 3. 5th September 2025
The Spey, like all Scottish rivers is still desperate for water. SEPA have even stopped all extraction because of the drought! None the less it was a joy to come to Castle Grant 3 and meet Simon Crozier again after nearly 30 years, on this magical beat. As ever this year, tales of stale fish […]

