Archive | River Tweed

Water down to about 10″ on the gauge and getting on the low side. but a nice mild fishing day. In the morning, I got a really quite fresh 5lb fish from the top beat, but felt sorry for it so put it back – we can still keep a fish if fresh and a […]

The small rise of water we had yesterday has dropped away (about 10″ on the Peebles gauge) and we saw fewer fish moving today. However, I managed a 4lb cock Grilse from below the road bridge, a 9lb fish was landed at the Mound and a 13lb fish from the New house pool (middle beat […]

Water 1ft on the gauge and stead all day. Mild and light breeze. Perfect conditions. 3 fish that I know of on Traquair today and I was lucky enough to catch two of them and lost another. This one my best Scottish fish to date from the junction with the Leithen, Measured and witnessed by […]

Scotland Tour September 5th to 27th 2023. There are times when I truly despair! 5th September we drove up to stay with Cecil D on the Spey at Grantown and fish a couple of days on Tulchan A beat with John Anderson the ghillie. We arrived at the beat to find the water level off […]

FAIRNILEE. Water remained stubbornly at 2ft 4ins all day but at least the wind dropped a little so there were slightly fewer leaves. Fewer being a relative term! However, it was refreshing, particularly in light of our chances of ever returning to Russia being almost non-existant and my missing the fun we have had with […]

FAIRNILEE Water height remained stubbornly at 2ft 6ins all day and wind causing lots of leaves did not help our cause. However, I was lucky and managed a hen fish of 12lbs from the tail of Russells Rock and a 15lb cock fish from Rae Weil. Very welcome I can assure you! On a more […]

FAIRNILEE. Great to be back on Fairnilee. I have to commend Mark Hislop the Boatman (Even with no boat, they are traditionally “boatmen” on Tweed not ghillies! Why, on the upper river I don’t know but hey ho.) The beat is just so beautifully kept and the fishing lodge in the old sawmill, quite the […]

Traquair. Water at 2ft first thing and rose to over 3ft and colored by lunchtime on heavy rain all night. I managed a brief encounter in the home pool before it went dirty. Despite the buggeration factor of the weather, we were not encouraged by just 11 fish of the whole Tweed yesterday (fishtweed) when […]

Water down to 2′ on the gauge. Still a tad high. Perfect weather, mild and overcast Just one colored cock grilse for one of our team again today from the House Pool. One or two old fish sloshing about but I think it is the usual game of waiting for new fish. Hopefully they are […]

TRAQUAIR 24th October 2022 Water 2’3″ on the gauge after heavy rain yesterday it rose to 2’6″ by lunchtime and slightly colored. Difficult height but just about fishable. One of our team had a 5lb grilse from just above the bridge RB, otherwise just a few trout. Oh, except I also caught a bright silver […]