April issue of ‘the River’ now available
The April 2019 issue of the River includes: updates on The Tweed Foundation’s two smolt tracking studies, progress on the diet analysis study, and an interesting piece on a rather special Brown Trout. The Tweed Fisheries Management bodies – the […]
2019 Updated Tweed Angling Codes
The River Tweed Commission (RTC) has produced new versions of the Tweed Angling Codes for the 2019 season. It is a good time for anglers to familiarise themselves with the Tweed rules before the new season gets underway. The Tweed […]
Tweed’s Spring Catch Low – but there have been lower….
The River Tweed Commission has compiled the Tweed catch for the Spring season to 30th June. The overall reported catch by rod & line was 1,083 Salmon. Whilst this represents a further drop on last season when 1,843 fish were […]
River Tweed Commission Application for an Amendment to the Tweed Regulation Order 2007
AMENDMENT TO THE TWEED REGULATION ORDER 2007 ANNUAL CLOSE TIME AND CATCH AND RELEASE In terms of paragraph 9 of schedule 2 of The Scotland Act 1998 (River Tweed) Order 2006 (“the 2006 Order”) notice is hereby given that, following […]
Come & See the Salmon Netting at Paxton House – June 2017
Netting at Paxton House in JUNE 2017 Learn how the netting is carried out….. and what it can tell us Everyone is welcome to come along and learn more about the netting of fish on Tweed and the tagging procedure […]
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 […]
New Angling Codes for Tweed Fishers
The new season gets underway on Monday, and all anglers should be aware of the revised Angling Codes, issued by the River Tweed Commission (RTC). There is a revised Tweed Spring Salmon Code – for the River’s Spring season to 30th […]
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 […]
Tweed’s Spring Salmon Five-Year Average Rises for the Third Year Running
2015 produced a Tweed Spring rod catch very much better than 2014 (which was an extremely poor season) and comparable with both the five and ten year averages for the River. Despite the five-year average to 2014 having two poor […]
Tweed Foundation -Spring tagging programme at Paxton
The Tweed Foundation commenced its 2015 tagging study at Paxton on 4th March, but it wasn’t until the sixth day of netting, on 23rd March, that the first fish, a Whitling, was caught. Two more blank days followed, then single Whitling […]