Mackenzie DTX 15ft Fly Rod and Firetiger Salmon Tube Fly By Tay Salmon Fly On The Sprouston Beat Of The River Tweed

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Milk Pot On The Hendersyde / Sprouston Beats On The River Tweed - Tay Salmon Fly

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River Tweed River Report Week Ending 15th April 2017 - Tay Salmon Fly

River Tweed River Report Week Ending 15th April

Last week saw the best week of the season so far, so hopes were high for this week but it wasn’t to be. Catches were surprisingly poor for the time of the year; could it be the April Itch, lack of fresh fish entering the river, general conditions? Time will tell over the next few weeks.

Speaking with Makerstoun's Head Boatman Mr Colin Pringle, "3 from lower for the week. One of 12lb which was probably an early March fish with a touch of disease on the nose, That is the problem  most fish have with the annual "Itch" at the moment.One of the Saturday fish was spanking fresh. All fish were caught using intermediate tips and size 8 dressed flies".

 On the Junction, the Bailey Party fished the first half of the week landing 4 fish to 22lbs, while the Delvive party had 2 for the second 3 days of the week. On Wednesday Mr Keith Francis landed a lovely fish with Boatman Gavin Brown, while on Friday Mr Mike Graham had success.

Upper Hendersyde Head Boatman Robert Jewels reports “3 for the week all sea liced on the fly. Nice to see the Osprey get a nice trout”

Sprouston landed 7 fish for the week. Mr Wilson Philips and Mr Jim Ferrie having success during the first half of the week, Mr Ian Clark and his fishing companion Graham enjoyed some good sport, landing 5 for the back end of the week; both fish on Saturday were fresh and still carrying long tailed sea lice.

While on Hendersyde Head Boatman Ketch reports “Frustrating week, Saw a few more fish in the beat and  finished with 4 with 3 of these liced, again a couple with wounds probably from a seal. That’s nearly 50% of our fish this season have been bitten. Worrying! "

On Lower Birgham Mr Jeff Slater landed a lovely fresh fish on Monday.

At Upper North Wark fishing was quiet, good effort made by the rods but with no success

Tillmouth had 2 to 17lbs on Wednesday.

The week ended with the level at Sprouston 9” and the water temperature is 48.

Looking at the availability for the upcoming week I would recommend Tillmouth, Milne Graden and Pedwell beats should have a good chance of some action this coming week.

 The next week the water levels are expected to remain pretty steady with the dry weather and cold nights we have had lately. The forecast looks quite settled with no significant rain in the forecast, and we could really do with wee lift would to freshen things up. Conditions are really good for the majority of beats at the moment and with the lower water conditions I would expect fish to start being caught below Coldstream.

Water temperatures are starting to rise to a level where dressed flies in sizes 8 or 10, tubes around the ¾” – 1”  size should be about right. Blacko’s Dee Special, Ghillie, Underghillie & Girnal Shrimp should bring success fished off floating lines with poly leaders or an intermediate, while on the spinning front the 13cm Blue Rapala,  Tobies in 18gm – 28gm and with the water temperature getting up a bit now the flying c should bring some success. As always come prepared and always listen to the advice of your boatman or ghillie.

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Season So Far catches as reported on Fishtweed.

Salmon 308 (Biggest 22lb Junction)

Sea Trout 27 (Biggest 8lb Lower Birgham & Junction)

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River Tweed River Report Week Ending 8th April 2017 - Tay Salmon Fly

River Tweed River Report Week Ending 8th April 

With a fairly settled but windy forecast hopes were high of finally getting a full week of fishing in reasonable conditions, something we haven’t had all season so far. With the milder water temperatures and frequent rises in the water the fish have started to make their further up the river system above Kelso. With 102 fish been reported this week, it’s been the best week of the season so far.

Middle Pavilion got off and running with Mr Keith Webster landed 2 on Friday. Whilie Lower Pavillion (2) Bemersyde (5) Upper Dryburgh (3) and Lower Dryburgh (3) all reporting fish this week, with a cracking 25lber been landed at Lower Dryburgh on Wednesday.

Bemersyde Head Ghillie Ian Farr reports “ 6 Fish for the week, biggest 15lbs all fresh while we also lost 3”

The Floor’s beats continue to catch on a regular basis with 19 landed for the week.

Speaking with Makerstoun's Head Boatman Mr Colin Pringle, “1 off Upper and 4 Of Lower for the week. Mr James Robertson landed a 7lber in the Red Stones Pool on the CeeCee Fly, Mr Steven Roberts landed 2 with the best weighing 9lbs from the Pots in the Elchie Pool on the CeeCee Fly. Ms Gillian Hay landing a 7lb fish on Saturday in the Elchie Pool on a Yellow Monkey. 

On the Junction, the Mike Neil Party fished the first half of the week landed 7 fish on the fly, while the Ian Mattioli party had 9 to 14lbs for the end of the week. On Thursday Ms Laura Mattioli christened her new fly rod and landing a sea liced 7lber with Boatman Gavin Brown. The fish over the course of the week were mostly liced and were caught on Black and Yellow Flies. 

On Sprouston 10 fish were landed for the week with 6 of these caught on Friday. Mr Andy Britton with 4 and Mr Jim Reid with 2 all of which were sea liced and taken on the fly. While on Hendersyde Head Boatman Ketch reports “5 for the week, mostly fresh with a couple liced. A couple with dolphin bite marks, at last getting down to a height to slow them down and get fishing with sink tips and smaller flies"

On Lower Birgham a very special moment happened on Tuesday when 10 Year old Debbie Harris landed her 1^st Salmon under the guidance of Boatman Ryan Morrison. Very well done Debbie.  

At Upper North Wark fishing was a bit quieter with 1 landed for the week, Mr Andrew Bendall been the successful angler landed a lovely 6lb fish from the Snipe. We’re still seeing the odd fish in the pools. 

Water conditions are starting to suit Tillmouth and they got off the mark on Saturday.

The week ended with the level at Sprouston 1ft 1” and the water temperature is 50.

Looking at the availability for the upcoming week I would recommend Tillmouth, Middle Pavillion and the Dryburgh beats should have a good chance of some action this coming week.

 Looking ahead to next week the water levels are pretty steady with a slow drop, there is a bit of rain forecast this week but we’ll need to wait and see what comes. Conditions are really good for the majority of beats at the moment and with the lower water conditions I would expect fish to start being caught below Coldstream.

Water temperatures are starting to rise to a level where dressed flies in sizes 8 or 10, tubes around the ¾” – 1”  size should be about right. Blacko’s Dee Special, Ghillie, Underghillie & Girnal Shrimp should bring success fished off floating lines with poly leaders or an intermediate, while on the spinning front the 13cm Blue Rapala,  Tobies in 18gm – 28gm and with the water temperature getting up a bit now the flying c should bring some success. As always come prepared and always listen to the advice of your boatman or ghillie.

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Season So Far catches as reported on Fishtweed.

Salmon 272 (Biggest 22lb Junction)

Sea Trout 26 (Biggest 8lb Lower Birgham & Junction)

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River Tweed River Report Week Ending 1st April 2017 - Tay Salmon Fly

River Tweed River Report Week Ending 1st April

After losing most of the previous week to the water conditions it was a welcome sight to see clear water last Monday morning and a reasonable height for fishing.

The best around Kelso enjoyed the best of the fishing with fish caught on beats above and below the Teviot junction.

The Floor’s beats enjoyed a good March week landing 21 fish, including a superb fish of 24lb caught by regular Tweed angler, and former Malloch Trophy winner Mr Jim Reid.

Fishing at Upper Dryburgh Mr Mike Roberts landed 2, while Rutherford had 6 for the week with 5 caught in a rush on Wednesday!

Speaking with Makerstoun's Head Boatman Mr Colin Pringle, “ the unsettled conditions haven't helped us, but we did managed 2 fish this week. One on Monday @ 12lbs and one on Thursday @ 7lbs. However we saw good numbers of fish running on Wednesday morning”

On the Junction, Mr John Richardson’s party landed 26 along with 1 Sea Trout for the week most of which were sea liced and the biggest was 16lbs. The Underghillie Fly was amongst the successful patterns.

Upper Hendersyde had 5 for the week up to 12lbs, with 3 taken on the fly. Unsettled conditions again hampered further catches this week reports Head Boatman Robert Jewells.

On Sprouston 2 fish were landed on Monday while on Hendersyde Head Boatman Ketch reports “A week of 2 halves, we 4 landed on the fly to 15lbs all fresh, then the river did what it has been doing all season and we lost more days to high, dirty water!"

Lower Birgham landed a 9lb sea liced fish on the fly on Tuesday.

At Upper North Wark fishing we had fish moving through at the start of the week and the tactic of just keeping going and trying to get in front of one eventually paid off. On Tuesday Mr Gary Derrick landing a superb 20lb fish on the Fly from the Wark Dub and on Wednesday Mr Hugh Newton landed a 8lber on the Rapala from the Snipe after a brief contact earlier in the same pool on the Fly.

The week ended with the level at Sprouston 2ft 4” and the water temperature is 50.

Looking at the availability for the upcoming week I would recommend Lower Makerstoun, Upper North Wark and the Dryburgh beats should have a good chance of some action this coming week.
Looking ahead to next week the water levels are starting to steady off and should slowly settle and drop in as the week progresses.

Water temperatures are starting to rise to a level where dressed flies in sizes 6 or 8, tubes around the inch size should be about right. Blacko’s Dee Special, Ghillie, Underghillie & Girnal Shrimp should bring success, while on the spinning front the 13cm Blue Rapala, Tobies in 18gm – 28gm and with the water temperature getting up a bit now the flying c should bring some success. As always come prepared and always listen to the advice of your boatman or ghillie.
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Season So Far catches as reported on Fishtweed.
Salmon 205 (Biggest 22lb Junction)
Sea Trout 22 (Biggest 8lb Lower Birgham & Junction)

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River Tweed River Report Week Ending 4th March 2017 - Tay Salmon Fly

River Tweed River Report Week Ending 4^th March

The week started with the dirty water that plagued the end of last week. Two 8ft Floods over the weekend saw the river pretty much unfishable at the start of the week, and the river below the Teviot junction held the colour for much longer than we would have liked.

The water clarity began to clear above the Teviot on Wednesday and Mr Nigel Devine fishing Lower Floors had a good day landing 3 Springer’s on the fly, while Upper Floors picked away landing 3 for the week.

On Thursday Mr Ben Richardson fishing the Junction landed a lovely 16lb fish; a 2^nd fish of 15lb was also landed by Mr Colin Chisholm.

On Friday the water clarity was reasonable and there were fish caught below Kelso for this first time this week. The Junction landed 3 before lunch, with Mr Shunshuke Washiya landed fish of 9lb and 12lb and Mr Willie Wood landed a 12lb all fish were sea liced, a further 4 fish were lost.

Fishing on Hendersyde Mr Andrew Taylor landed two fish weighing 7lb and 14lb, while Mr James Harrison landed a superb fish of 17lbs. On Sprouston Mr Andrew Edge landed two on the fly.

Fishing on Upper North Wark, Mr Jonathan Graham landed a nice sea liced fish on 9lbs from the Mill Stream on the fly, he also had a brief encounter with a 2^nd fish. South Wark and Lower North Wark also had fish.

On Saturday morning we were greeted with rising water again, it just seems never ending lately. However it would appear that there are a few fish in the system, we just need the conditions to settle down and do we can get fishing properly. 

The week ended with the level at Sprouston 3ft 3” and the water temperature is 40.

Looking ahead to next week the forecast looks quite settled. The water is carrying colour this morning and rising at the tops which I’d think is snow melt after a few mild days. Once this colour pushes through and the weather settles the settled we should hopefully see a few fish landed.Looking at what flies and lures for the coming week I’d expect the Black and Yellow, Blacko’s Dee Special and Monkey style patterns to continue to bring success once the water clarity improves, while on the spinning front the “Carrot” Rapala and Toby Salmo should bring some success. As always come prepared and always listen to the advice of your boatman or ghillie.

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Season So Far catches as reported on Fishtweed.

Salmon 61 (Biggest 22lb Junction)

Sea Trout 12 (Biggest 8lb Lower Birgham) 

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