River Tweed Photography Competition
Help us show how brilliant Tweed is! Over the next few weeks we are holding a photography competition to find pictures that capture the magic of Tweed – whether that is the beautiful landscape or the tranquillity, excitement or skill […]
November 2019 issue of ‘the River’ now published
The November 2019 issue of ‘the River‘ includes a brief comment on the 2019 season – for salmon, sea-trout and brown trout, and a report on how our tagged fish fared this year. There’s a report from our Head Fishery […]
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 […]