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Sunday, 7 June 2020

River Tweed River Report Week Ending 6th June 2020 - Tay Salmon Fly

River Tweed River Report Week Ending 6th June

 

With the first full week of June past and the hot sunny weather behind us for the moment the overhead conditions were pretty good for fishing this week with dull, overcast days with some rain giving small rises which cooled the water temperature down from the silly 73 degrees back into the late 50’s early 60 degrees which is much better for the fish. On Wednesday there was a freshet released from Talla, Fruid and St Mary’s Loch which also game a welcome bump in the levels, not a huge amount by any means with from below summer level any lift is gratefully received.  

For the time of year there does seem to be a good head of fish in the system with many caught this week carrying sea lice or very fresh which is a very good sign that these fish have not long entered the system rather than been due to the river been closed. I did hear an interesting theory the other day that with the fishing boats in the sea been grounded due to the Covid 19 restrictions maybe there are not as many fish been taken at sea by the trawlers and fishing vessels. Interesting thought or just that there are a lot more fish around at the moment? Whatever the reasons there is definitely a feel good factor back on the river at the moment and people fishing with confidence. Long may it continue.

Above Kelso 91 fish were reported, Between Kelso and Coldstream 122 were reported and below Coldstream 143 were reported. With the best fishing been at Middle Mertoun where 31 were landed. Ladykirk 30, Tweedhill 27, Hendersyde 25 and Rutherford 22 also had decent catches for the week.

Fishing at Boleside on Monday 5 fish were landed with Mr Lee Conway 3, Mr Scott Connelly 1 and Mr Kevin O’hara 1 getting them. Middle Pavilion got off and running for the season on Friday when Mrs Susan Bourne landed 2 salmon, the beat also had 3 sea trout on Thursday. Mr Larry Thomson fishing at Lower Pavilion landed 2 fish, 1 from Cowies and the other from below the Cauld. Bemersyde had 5 for the week with Mr Nick Green landed a fish in the Boat Pool The Stream produced the next 4 salmon with Fiona Brown landing an 8lb fish on a Dee Monkey fish off a 5ft Intermediate Tip, New syndicate member Mr Colin Halliday fishing a 10ft type 3 tip of a Floating line with an Orange tube fly landed a nice fish. These were followed by a 7lber taken on a Monkey fly and a 6lber taken on a Full Floating line. Fishing at Dryburgh Upper on Saturday Mr Al Meek had a good day landing 3 Salmon on the same beat Mr Mark Moorman landed the beats first of the season using a Danish fly fished from a cane rod. Gledswood had 3 for the week including 1 for Mr Ian Bennet. Mr Nigel Holdsworth landed 5 on Mertoun. Rutherford had a good week landing 22 fish with a mixture of fresh fish and older river fish with Mr Martin Ritchie, Mr Richard Farr and Mr Stuart Norris who landed 2 on Saturday been amongst the successful rods on the beat. Mr Iain Wilson from the Borders Gunroom in St Boswells landed a nice fish at Lower Makerstoun on Friday. Mr Chris Cotton fresh from collecting his new Loop rod from Eoin Fairgrieve on route to the Junction Beat landed 2 lovely fresh fish. What a way to christen a new rod well done. Also on the Junction Mr John Taylor picked away over the week. Fishing at the Lees on Saturday Mr Sean McGarry landed 3 beautiful fresh fish and lost a few others, on the same day Mr Alex Frere-Scott landed an 8lb fish on a Gledswood Variant. On the same beat Mr Graeme Leckie landed 2 and also landed another 2 on his trip to Tweedhill. Mr Kevin McGee had 2 for his trips to the Lees and Milne Graden landing fish of 11lb and 6lb. Mr Nick Craigs fishing at Ladykirk landed 5 salmon in the same day all on the fly. On Tweedhill Mr John Marshall landed a good fish on a Tay Salmon Fly Park Shrimp while Mr Richard Waite landed another good fish to keep his recent successes going with one of his firm favourite flies from Tay Salmon Fly the German Snaelda doing the business.

Waltham and Dritness Beat had another good week of low water heights, which suits the beat and plenty of fish in the river, most rods who fished managed to hook or catch a fish. 20 salmon were landed, lucky rods were, Jack Weightman 6 (six fish), Mike Wood 3, Ron Martin 2, Dave Lorimer 2, Frank Bell 2, Billy Robson 2, Martin Inkster 2 and Tony Wood 1.

Not sure which beat but Mr Lewis Tatterstall had success using a Wye Thunder Fly

Mr Douglas Aitken reports “Team V Fly back on Tweed for the first time this year. It was a great opportunity to test our new reels and the fishing gods were very kind to us. The star of the show was undoubtedly young Tom (14) who after 6 years of hard work and dedication put all he has learned in to practice and read the conditions and river perfectly to catch some fabulous fish. We had a mix of older fish clean spring fish and very fresh summer fish from 6 to 15lbs fishing floating lines with tips and 10 to 14 doubles or very small tubes. We are happy to report that Tweed is alive and well and once again offering world class sport”

On the River Till, no fish were reported.

356 Salmon and 18 Sea Trout were landed for the week with the best fish 18lb Salmon caught on the Horncliffe beat.

 

Tweedswood Head Ghillie Mr Kevin Patterson reports “1st June with new owners taking over and the fishing slowly getting going it’s good to at least have a cast in the pools water height is low and we seem to be back chasing a few older river fish around the pools. Trout are very evident again and are giving some good fun at least and Lewis had a huge grayling so give a bit extra water and we might get going in coming weeks.

The new owners are very keen fly anglers and have decided on FLY only fishing at Tweedswood this will give a mile of dedicated fly fishing water to any one that keen on getting going with the fly rod . We are keen to get the casting tuition going as well iam ok with one to one tuition over the coming weeks and have got the situation sorted so if any ones wanting tuition we can sort that out as usual just email or contact my mobile on 07971828086 plus we are now on Instagram as Tweedswood give us a look and feel free to follow will post every day something throughout the season cheers look forward to seeing you soon Kevin booking direct through fish pal anything Tweedswood enquires just shout out cheers Kevin

 

Middle Pavilion Head Ghillie Mr Steven Charlton reports “We finally got off the mark, with two fish for Mrs Susan Bourne, who was enjoying her first day on the beat, and on the tweed! Well done Susan! We do have availability going forward, All we ask is please be sensible in where you are travelling from, due to covid rulings we still have no access to the hut boat or toilet,

 

Lower Birgham Head Boatman Mr Tom Davis reports “Well the end of another week. One with more cloudy skies, rain forecast and high hopes that the favourable fishing conditions would result in an increase in catches. And looking at the end of weeks catch figures we all clearly benefitted from the slight rise in water and cloudy fishy conditions. We landed 4 salmon and a sea trout for the week. Again all the fish were fresh run in and looking fin perfect. We made plenty more contacts with fish sometimes for seconds sometimes for abit longer..... But in the end they were not destined to be landed as they parted ways. Frustrating as always but at least they were on and when you have seen the quality of the fish so far this year it makes you all the more eager to get back in there and hope for a second chance. Throughout the river beats all up and down have been having more success this week which has been nice to see and has created a ‘buzz’ around the fishing again and for the people local or a drive able distance away what a great opportunity it has been for them to get back on the river. As we have been the last few weeks we are operating in accordance to guidelines set out to try and keep the visiting angler and us safe. Keeping our distance, no huts/ facilities and no boating. This has felt a little strange and I am really pleased that everyone has respected this and has continued to keep all our safety paramount whilst taking to chance to fish. Looking to the next week we are champing at the bit to get back on the water and see where the next pulse of fish is? And is it going to be with us? Reports from down river is that plenty of fish have been running the system. We have some availability this week and 3 days available next week. Stay safe, be sensible and tight lines. Tom”

 

On Upper North Wark, The beat remains closed.

The Lees beat reports “A good day yesterday with 7 landed and as many lost/pulls, all 7 were fresh fat fish, all on the fly with #10 being the right size. Great to see so many fresh fish at this height of water. Lower water temps helped”

 

The week ended with the level at Sprouston 4” and the water temperature is 58.

 

 

Looking at the availability for this coming week I would recommend Dryburgh Upper, Hendersyde, Lower Birgham and West Learmouth beats should have a chance of some action this week.

 

 

The forecast this coming week, Tomorrow will see variable cloud through the day with the odd bright and sunny spell. Winds staying quite breezy in places with temperatures remaining cool for this time of year. Early bright spells on Tuesday but a front will sweep through later in the day, bringing outbreaks of rain. This front should clear to the southeast overnight. Wednesday will start to see some quite changeable weather occur. Most likely it will stay rather cloudy with some sharp showers, some quite heavy at times. Thursday will see variable cloud and bright spells.

 

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 nearly at summer level so a floating line with assorted poly leaders should suffice on most beats with Aurora Cascade, Posh Tosh, Gledswood Shrimp, Editor and Ghillie Flies are all capable to tempting fish on size 10-14 dressed hooks. Great time of the season for giving the Sunray Shadow a go to. On the spinning front, the flying c and toby should be worth a go.

 

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 (This figure is a rough guide and does not include fish caught during the Lockdown period 24th March to 12th May)

 

Total catch last week:  356 Salmon & 18 Sea Trout

Total caught so far this season: 868 Salmon and 56 Sea Trout



As reported on Fishtweed:-

(Biggest Salmon 20lb Junction)

(Biggest Sea Trout 10lb Lower Birgham & West Learmouth)
































































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