Commissioners Raising Funds: Something in the May Air?
Two Tweed Commissioners are currently travelling miles across the country to raise funds for some very worthwhile causes. The Coast-To-Coast Walk The Duke of Roxburghe, a Tweed proprietor and Trustee of The Tweed Foundation, is walking the 190-mile Coast to [...]
Satellite Tag Tracking Study By Marine Scotland Science
During the summer of 2013, Marine Scotland Science (MSS) are planning to deploy pop-up satellite tags on up to 50 salmon on the north coast near Strathy as part of an investigation into the potential for interaction between returning adult [...]
Sage ‘ONE’ Rod on Offer in Tweed Auction
STOP PRESS…… The Sage Rod Company has donated a 15’ Sage ‘ONE’ double-handed Salmon rod to The Tweed Foundation for this year’s Auction. The Sage ‘ONE’ is a new model and retails at £899. It is on offer in the [...]
Habitat Restoration – Regular Photographic Records Lead The Way
Recently, The Tweed Foundation has been undertaking the digitisation of photographic slides taken at various habitat restoration sites, where it has carried out work over the last twenty years, as a record of changes to the areas. Over the last [...]
March Browns in May
Tweed Foundation Trout & Grayling Biologist, Kenny Galt, reports that, “Continuing on from the news item I posted about Brown Trout growth in 2013, there have been other observations showing the influence the prolonged winter has had on the river [...]
Why few Brown Trout have been caught on Tweed so far this Spring
Whilst most of us haven’t been too happy with the cold start to 2013, it turns out that Tweed Brown Trout haven’t been too impressed either! Since the start of the Tweed Brown Trout fishing season (either 15th March or [...]
BROOK LAMPREY SPAWNING
This is the time of year when one of the ”invisible” fishes of the Tweed comes into view for a week or so. Brook Lamprey found in the shallows of some smaller burns The Brook Lamprey is common and widespread [...]
2013 Tweed Fishing Auction Now Live
The Tweed Foundation 2013 Auction of Tweed Autumn Salmon Fishing The 2013 Auction, which takes place on Friday, 28th June at The Tweed Foundation’s office, offers anglers the opportunity to experience some of the best beats the River can offer. [...]
Secrets of the Sea-trout – Free Seminar This Wednesday
At the Sea-trout seminar in Kelso on Wednesday evening, the results of the genetics research identifying Tweed Sea-trout will be revealed. This work has been undertaken by the Danish Technical University, on behalf of The Tweed Foundation, and shows that [...]
Vacancy – Superintendent Designate
Applications are invited for the post of Superintendent of Water Bailiffs which will become vacant upon the retirement of the current Superintendent. The main role is the leadership and management of the Water Bailiff team operating in the Tweed District [...]