Tweed Foundation’s 2018 Annual Report online
The Tweed Foundation’s 2018 Annual Report has just been published. The Report includes articles on the current situation for Tweed Salmon, Smolt monitoring, avian predation, fish counter results and monitoring of Tweed’s juvenile fish stocks. There are also updates on […]
Fishpal Donate to Tweedstart
The Tweed Foundation/TweedStart’s Kenny Galt and TweedStart’s Eoin Fairgrieve met with FishPal CEO Mark Cockburn at the Sunlaws fishing beat last week to receive a cheque for £1,060.50. The money had been collected from donations made by anglers during 2018 […]
Official 2018 Tweed catch announced
The River Tweed Commission’s (RTC) 2018 Annual Report confirms that last season’s official overall Salmon catch figure was 6,129. The Salmon rod catch, at 5,644, represented a further fall in catches for the fourth year running. The Spring catch last […]
Tweed Foundation pays tribute to the late Dr Derek Mills
Dr Derek Mills, who died aged 90 on the 29th of January, made great contributions to the understanding of the fishes of the Tweed and their environment from his position as a Senior Lecturer in the then Dept. of Forestry […]
River Tweed Commission 2017 Annual Report
The River Tweed Commission has published its 2017 Annual Report including catches for the season. With an overall Salmon catch of 7,003 (8,221 in 2016), 2017’s catch was down by 15% on the previous season. 6,577 Salmon (7,680 in 2016) were […]
2016 Annual Report published by The Tweed Foundation
The 2016 Annual Report from The Tweed Foundation is now available, providing updates on work undertaken by The Foundation throughout the year on and for Salmon, Brown Trout, and Grayling as well as news on fish counters, the winter floods, […]
Grayling Fishing Video on Tweed Foundation YouTube Page
A new Grayling fishing video has been posted on The Tweed Foundation YouTube page. The video was taken in February on the Upper Tweed from the Association water of the Peeblesshire Trout Fishing Association. The video can be accessed via this […]
River Tweed Commission 2016 Annual Report Published
The River Tweed Commission has published its Annual Report and catches for 2016. 7,680 Salmon (8,091 in 2015) were caught by rod and line and 541 (553) by net; with an overall Salmon catch of 8,221 (8,644 in 2015), 2016’s […]
2017 Earlston Grayling Competition
The 2017 Earlston Grayling Competition took place on Saturday 14th January on a snow lined River Tweed between Upper Pavillion and Lower Makerstoun. The annual catch and release competition was attended by 47 anglers and the fishing proved tough on […]
We would love to hear from you!
The Tweed Foundation has added a new feature to its website so that anyone can report things that they see on the River to us. The Tell Us page shows the sort of things that we’d really like to […]