Trout & Grayling Dry Fly Fishing, River Tweed
Two short films on trout and grayling fishing in the Tweed catchment this year……..to whet your appetite for the 2014 season! Dry fly Fishing for Brownies on the Whiteadder, April 2013 Grayling Fishing in middle Tweed, August 2013 The Tweed […]

Tweed Foundation – Biology work in November 2013
This is the first in a series of monthly postings, which summarises some of the work that The Tweed Foundation has undertaken over the preceding month. November 2013 Report writing, including completion of the report on this year’s electro-fishing surveys […]
Fish The River Tweed This Saturday at Drygrange!
The Drygrange beat in middle Tweed has two rods on offer for this Saturday, 16th November. Drygrange has caught 6 Salmon this week, including a 27 pounder on Tuesday. The beat is situated above Gledswood and Ravenswood between St Boswells […]
Tweed BioBlog 1st week of November 2013
Occasional Winter BioBlog This week has been rather a mix. The basic work has been the writing up of the Lamprey survey for Natural England, but I have also been on trap duty this week – the main trap catches […]
Tweed Tagged Fish Return
The Tweed Foundation tags a number of Salmon and Sea-trout each season to monitor the recapture rate by rods (the ‘exploitation’ rate), and undertakes this work with the help of the netting station at Paxton House. Results from this tagging […]
Fish Counters results September 2013
Fish Counter results for September 2013 – click on this link: Fish counters 13-09 to get the figures Gala: This was switched back on in mid-August after the industrial unit in which its computer was housed found a new tenant and electricity […]
River Tweed: Fish Ladykirk This Friday
LAST HURRAH! After a short but rough bit of weather, with quite a lift in the water, things are settling down on the River this week. The sun is shining and the autumn colours are fantastic. Now that the autumn […]
Tweed BioBlog: Friday 18th & Monday 21st October 2013
Friday 18th October: Weekly staff meeting in the morning, then out to the Peebles trap in the afternoon to try some more new bits for it. Called in on the way to see how James and Kenny were getting on trapping fish […]
Fish in the Last Month of the 2013 Tweed Season…
Opportunities to fish the River in the last month of this season are on offer as part of The Tweed Foundation’s Annual Autumn Fishing Auction: Ladykirk. Two rods on Monday 1st November 2013. Offers close to the £400 Guide are […]
Tweed BioBlog Wednesday and Thursday, 16th & 17th October 2013
Wednesday 16th October: Working all day on the report on the lamprey survey of the lower Tweed and the Till made for Natural England last month Thursday 17th October: As all but one day of the usual September netting was […]