River Tweed
River Report Week Ending 23rd March
Well not a huge amount to say about the first half
of March it have been two weeks of high dirty water with occasional opportunities
to have a wee go and the odd fish was caught. This week Monday was quite dirty
below the Teviot and resulted in not much fishing effort, the rest of the week
the river settled and fishing conditions got better.
Off the reported fish 24 were caught above Kelso
with the Mertoun beats with 8 and Floors beats also having 8 for the week,
Rutherford and the Makerstoun beats also caught. Catches below Kelso improved
once the water started to fine down and 30 fish were reported in this area for
the week. Junction 5, Upper Hendersyde 4, Lower Birgham 4, Lower North Wark 4,
Upper North Wark 3and the Lees with 3 had the better of the fishing.
Mr Iain Wilson of the Borders Gunroom in St Boswells
landed his 1st of the season from the Lower Makerstoun beat on a
Posh Tosh bottle tube.
Renowned artist Mr Alistair Makinson landed a nice
fish from the Upper Floors beat using a Blacko’s Dee Special tube fly available
from www.taysalmonfly.co.uk
Fishing on the Junction Mr David Sands landed a fine
springer with boatman Gavin Brown.
Mr Jason Hillyard landed the 1st fish
from the Edenfoot beat this season with a lovely sea liced springer.
Mr Richard Summers fishing with boatman Lee Ross
landed 2 springers from the Temple Pool on a Black and Yellow tube fly.
Fishing at the Lees Duane Hubbard landed his 1st
ever salmon from the Cauldstream and a further 2 fish were caught from the same
pool by Paul Taroni and Charles Cook.
Father and Son team Alan and Alex Triffitt have a
good day on Upper North Wark on Saturday with Alex landed his 1st
fly caught salmon ably assisted by boatman Richard Farr and shortly after
father Alan fishing with boatman Martin Ritchie landed a lovely 10lber from the
Snipe.
On the Whiteadder the BDAA had their 1st
fish of the season reported, a lovely 6lb long tailed sea liced fish landed by
Mr Colin Tait on the deadly Ghillie Fly from Tay Salmon Fly.
59 Salmon and
8 Sea Trout, with the best fish for the week was 15lb Salmon caught on the Junction
beat.
Lower
Birgham Head Boatman Mr Tom Davis reports “A great week! We were
glad to finally get some decent water and a steadily dropping river. This gave
us sport every day this last week and we landed 4 salmon and 1 sea trout. All
the fish were really fresh and some even had sea lice on them. Other fresh fish
were also lost. But the quality of fish this year has been superb, fin perfect
silver bullets! It’s great to see. Hopefully the catching form will continue
next week with another steady water. Fingers crossed!”
On Upper North Wark, glad to finally get back fishing
properly with nearly 2 full weeks washed out with high dirty water. Had 3
springers for the week and lost a couple. Mr Richard Farr landed a 8lber from
the Snipe on a Garry Dog and on Saturday we had a good morning with Mr Alex
Triffitt landed his 1st springer on the Fly from the Back Of The
Isle not to be out done father Alan landed a lovely springer from the Snipe on
the Rapala shortly after. Well done guys really happy for you both after facing
some terrible conditions in recent trips. We only have 2 single rods available until
22nd April give me a call on 07825 334427 for any enquiries.
Lees Head Boatman Mr Malcolm Campbell reports “Duane Hubbard ticked one of his boxes today getting his first ever
salmon from the Lees cauldstream this afternoon a liced 10lber. His pal Paul
Taroni had one on Wednesday from same place. Charles Cook had a 9lber also from
the Cauld on a franc n snaelda.
Berwick and District Angling Association Secretary Dave Cowan
reports “Whiteadder has been up and down since early March levelling off this
week about 1ft 5 inches which is a perfect height for the fish to run.
With more fish entering the river there have been reports of two fish from a
private beat earlier in the month and one sea liced fresh fish from the Berwick
& Distrct AA beats today at about 6lb safely returned. Prospects for the
week ahead look very good”
After any fishing trip on the Tweed it’s always worth a trip
to Kelso to enjoy a superb meal with great atmosphere in the fabulous Contented
Vine restaurant. I would highly recommend it as a must visit during your trip.
Call 01573 224777 to reserve your table.
The stunning Saddler Cottage, located within the grounds of
Tillmouth Park in now under new ownership. Suitable for fishers and families
this lovely cottage is very handily placed for fishing the Lower and Bottom
Tweed beats. If you would like more information in the meantime please just
drop me an email
The week
ended with the level at Sprouston 1ft 8” and the water temperature is 44.
Looking
at the availability for this coming week I would recommend the Dryburgh Upper,
Rutherford and Upper North Wark beats should have a chance of some action this
week.
The
forecast this coming week, a bright but chilly start with
sunny spells. Through the afternoon, it will be cloudier but still with some
sunny intervals at times. Remaining largely dry throughout the day. High
pressure is expected to dominate the weather for much of next week. A cold
start to Tuesday, and remaining dry with sunny spells and patchy cloud during
the day. A clearer night with occasional mist patches will follow. Wednesday
and Thursday will both remain dry and calm, with sunny periods and patchy cloud
by day, followed by clearer, chilly nights. Fairly warm by day.
As always
I would like to thank all those who provide me with the information to make
this report, it is very much appreciated. If you have any information or
photo’s you would like included please get in touch with Martin on 07825334427
or info@taysalmonfly.co.uk
Look at
what to bring for the week aheads fishing, conditions are looking a lot more
settled with high pressure with us most of the week. Intermediate lines with
assorted poly leaders should suffice on most places with Black and Yellow,
Gledswood Shrimp, Monkey, Spring Ghillie all capable to tempting that springer
on inch to inch and a half tubes. On the spinning front the Blue Rapala,
18-28gm tobies should bring results.
As always
come prepared and always listen to the advice of your boatman or ghillie. If
you’re needing to top up your fly box ahead of your trip please check out
www.taysalmonfly.co.uk
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Season So
Far catches
Total
catch last week: 59 Salmon 8 Sea Trout
Total
caught so far this season: 180 Salmon and 20 Sea Trout
As
reported on Fishtweed:-
(Biggest
Salmon 18lb Upper Hendersyde)
(Biggest
Sea Trout 7lb Lower Birgham)
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