River Tweed River Report Week Ending 8th August
After the good catches
of last week, hopes were high for the continuation of the decent fishing of
late. Catches remained steady over the week out with the 3ft dirty rise that
came through on Wednesday which pretty much resulted in next to no fishing
effort above Coldstream. The beats below Coldstream managed to get some fishing
in before the rise reached them and manage to land some fish. The latter half
of the week was extremely challenging at bright sunshine with temperatures into
the mid 20’s not helping the fishing. There is some quite severe thunderstorms
forecast at the start of the week so keep an eye on the river levels and be
careful out on the river.
Floy tagging resumed
with the reopening of the river in May in order to look at recapture rates of
fish throughout the catchment. To date there have been 190 Salmon and 10 Sea
Trout tagged by boatman from Tweedhill to Gledswood. Although the numbers are
lower than what would have been tagged were it not for COVID-19, so far there
have been 10 confirmed recaptures – nine Salmon and one Sea Trout. The distance
that the recaptured fish had travelled since being caught for the first time
appears to have varied greatly. One Sea Trout tagged at Lower Birgham on the 5th
March was recaptured on the 1st July at Upper Mertoun, while one
Salmon caught in early March at Carham was caught on the 21st May
only 100 yards further upstream. The furthest upstream recapture was a Salmon
at Holylee in June. Unfortunately the tag number was not recorded so where it
was tagged remains uncertain, but the colour of the fish would suggest that it
would have been tagged in the early spring. Tagging will continue throughout
the rest of the season so it will be interesting to see how many have been
recaptured by the end of November. If you catch a tagged fish then please take
a note of the tag number, this can be made easier by taking a photo of the tag.
To report a tagged fish please contact the Tweed Foundation on 01896 848 277 or
the Head Fishery Officer on 07884 230 045.
The River Tweed Salmon
Fishing Museum will be officially opened by Her Grace the Duchess of Roxburghe
and Sir Gareth Edwards at 6pm on Thursday 3rd September 2020 in the
Town Hall, The Square, Kelso.
Lower Pavilion landed 2
Salmon and 7 Sea Trout on Wednesday with Mr Robert Lamont, owner of the
Kingknowe Hotel and his guest were among the fish. In the blazing hot sun on
Saturday Mr David Burns persevered and landed a 7lb Salmon. Dryburgh Upper had
a good start to the week landed 3 with Matt Roberts landed a nice fresh grilse.
Fishing at Birgham Dub, 84 year old Mr Walter Britton landed a lovely 12lber,
his friend Stuart also had a lovely 12lber. Not to be out done his son managed
to land a superb big fresh fish. Mr Simon Furniss fishing on the Lower Tweed
managed 13 to his own rod for the week, including a cracking fish of 25lbs.
Late
report from last week from Alan Spence president BDAA water on the Whiteadder.
3 fish last week from our water all on 29th. Billy Robson had his first of the
season. I myself had 2 from beat 2 one fresh at 5 pound the other old at 9.
These were 2 and 3 for season both on my own fly Hazels Fancy making that 306
on this pattern since 2007.
Above Kelso 66 fish were reported, Between Kelso and
Coldstream 127 were reported and below Coldstream 123 were reported. With the
best fishing being at Tillmouth where 22 were landed. Ladykirk 21, Junction 19
and the Floors beats had 23 between them, also picked away during the week.
Waltham and Dritness
Beat reports yet more water this week, topped out at around 4fton Wednesday,
moving a lot of resident fish, then the hot weather we managed 7 Salmon/Grilse
this week. Best fish 18lbs. Lucky rods were, Ron
Martin 2 (two fish) Jack Weightman 1, Dave Lorimer 1, Mike Wood 1, Martin
Inkster 1 and Billy Robson 1.
Tiptoe fishing this
week we had Father and Son duo stayed in The Orchard Cottage week beginning 3rd August.
They had a productive 1st part of the week, but as the
week progressed the water became lower. On Monday they landed a 7lb Salmon, 4lb
Grilse and a 3lb Sea Trout in the Long Flats Pool then on Saturday Mr Nick
Wilkinson landed an 8lb Salmon in the Pulpit Pool.
316 Salmon and 74 Sea Trout were landed for the week with the best fish 25lb Salmon
caught on the Birgham Dub beat.
Lower
Birgham Head Boatman Mr Tom Davis reports “Well back to work this week after
having 2 weeks off. It’s always nice to have some time off but you do look
forward to getting back on the beat and seeing what’s happened? What the rivers
doing? Who caught? What did they catch? How big? How many? Luckily most of this
info is available online daily! But it’s good to look at the catch book to find
out what they were caught on and who caught what.
You could
tell that it was a good week previous to this (15 salmon and 1 sea trout) as
the rods last week were messaging or ringing almost on a daily basis to find
out what’s going on. Which is great, shows how much they follow the catches and
reports and gets them fairly excited about their prospects of their week!
But this
week started well with 6 fish caught in the first 2 days and then we lost
Wednesday to the high dirty water. But like any rise in the water the hopes of
fresh and lots of fish! But unfortunately we struggled Thursday and Friday.
Seeing quite a few fish at times but not getting the hook ups that we hoped or
anticipated?! Finally on Saturday the fish became a little more obliging and we
landed 3 fish. One very fresh grilse and 2 other older fish. But we saw plenty
running and had reports of fresh fish being caught around us. Let’s hope that
this week stays pretty settled and we can get some of those fish slowing down
and a bit more in the mood to take. But who knows what the weather man has
planned for us. Tight lines and remember to be safe and respect beats covid 19
measures they have in place. Tight lines. Tom”
On Upper North Wark, The beat remains closed however we
are aiming to reopen on the 1st of September. Any enquiries or
booking requests please call Martin on 07825334427.
If you’re fancying a wee trip to the fabulous Contented Vine
restaurant in Kelso after your fishing if you would like to take advantage to
the Eat Out To Help Out Scheme which is available Monday to Wednesday each week
currently. Please book in advance to take advantage of this by calling
01573224777.
We are blessed in this area to have some superb local fishing
tackle shops that are well worth a visit the superb well stocked Borders Gunroom
in St Boswells. I would recommend for a rummage round which and find out from
the local staff what’s currently doing the damage on the river and lochs.
The week
ended with the level at Sprouston 10” and the water temperature is 62.
Looking
at the availability for this coming week I would recommend Dryburgh Upper, Rutherford,
Pedwell and Horncliffe beat’s should have a chance of some action this week.
The
forecast this coming week, A few showers in the morning
possibly sharp, becoming isolated in the afternoon as sunny spells develop. The
winds will continue to be light. The outlook is likely to be unsettled
with frequent showery conditions. Tuesday will be cloudy with occasional
showers that could turn thundery. Wednesday looks to start on a cloudy note but
should be largely dry throughout and some sunny spells will develop. A cloudy
day on Thursday with further showers pushing in, which could again turn heavy
and thundery.
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 Copper Cascade, Black Frances, Gledswood Shrimp, Editor and Ghillie
Flies are all capable to tempting fish on size 8-12 dressed hooks or ¼” – ½”
tubes. 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: 316 Salmon & 74 Sea
Trout
Total
caught so far this season: 3450 Salmon and 789 Sea Trout
As
reported on Fishtweed:-
(Biggest
Salmon 25lb Birgham Dub)
(Biggest
Sea Trout 15lb Drygrange)
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