River Tweed River Report Week Ending 15th August
I would like to start
the report by congratulating a good friend Mr Andy Britton on landing his first
Scottish salmon of over 30lbs. Andy was fishing on a private beat last week and
landed a superb fish weighed at 32lbs with 3 witnesses to the weight and some
good photos taken the superb cock fish was released on its way. Andy landed the
fish on 12lb nylon on a size 12 fly of his own creation using the fabulous fly
tying materials from Tay Salmon Fly. Absolutely fantastic Sir well done.
The conditions were a
bit up and down last week with the return of the east wind at times making
casting a bit more awkward at time with some colour coming in with the bigger
rise midweek. The weather remains unsettled looking for next week so it could
be a very similar story.
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.
Above Kelso 85 fish were reported, Between Kelso and
Coldstream 142 were reported and below Coldstream 134 were reported. With the
best fishing being at Tillmouth where 31were landed. Lees 20, Tweedhill 19 and
Birgham Dub 19 also picked away during the week.
Mr Robin Aspinal landed a nice fish from
Hempseedford on the Junction, Mr Steve Robins landed 2 from the Lees both fish
at 10lbs with the fish coming from the Back of the Wall and the Glide. He them
landed a superb 15lb fish from the Shot on Upper Floors on a Durris Shrimp. Mr
Alexander Trifitt landed a 7lb fish on a Blue Doctor Size 10 fly from Tay
Salmon Fly. Mr Alan Morrison landed a good fish from Horncliffe.
Waltham and Dritness
Beat reports Another decent week considering the
water, we still have fish showing in the pools and there are some fresh fish
around, we caught nine salmon this week almost all were fresh including one of
22lb. Lucky rods were, Dave
Lorimer 4 (Four Fish), Mike Wood 3 and Mike Dodd 2.
Tiptoe fishing reports “A
quiet week with not a lot of fishing effort hopefully with this bit of rain on
the forecast we can get some water and hopefully some more fish landed. We have
2 Rods available Friday and Saturday this week please call Lucy on 07974 416692.
361 Salmon and 23 Sea Trout were landed for the week with the best fish 19lb Salmon
caught on the Birgham Dub beat.
Lower
Birgham Head Boatman Mr Tom Davis reports “Well,
back on the river with 2 boatmen this week as we start our autumn schedule and
to be back up and running at full capacity. The beginning of this week was very
frustrating, seeing plenty of fish and getting half-hearted pulls on the fly,
but not staying on long enough or hard enough to set the hook. But on days
where your contacting fish and seeing fish you are always fishing with the hope
and expectation that the next cast could be the one! Then the water became
unsettled in the middle of the week and set us back a day or so. But we ended
up landing 5 salmon. Some fresh, some older. But mostly grilse and some on the
fly. Lauren from Morridge Hall (Maxton) had a red letter day on Friday and
added to the fish she caught on Thursday with all 3 salmon on Friday and her
first fish caught on the fly from the nether stream late on in the afternoon.
Certainly a good day to remember. Looking forward to this week, the weather
forecast looks slightly unsettled and could be similar to this week. But we
will turn up on Monday and see what the weather is actually like... as weather
forecasters have been known to get it wrong. So I find it a lot easier to take
each day as it comes, deal with the conditions we have on the day and to get
stuck in and get some fish on the board hopefully! Stay safe, be responsible
and 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.
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: 361 Salmon & 23 Sea
Trout
Total
caught so far this season: 3811 Salmon and 812 Sea Trout
As
reported on Fishtweed:-
(Biggest
Salmon 25lb Birgham Dub)
(Biggest
Sea Trout 15lb Drygrange)
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