TweedStart Auction: 30th Nov – 10th Dec
Limited Edition “International Year of the Salmon” Loop Classic Fishing Reel To help raise funds for the Tweedstart Angling Development programme in the Scottish Borders, Loop Tackle Design have donated a limited edition ‘International Year of the Salmon’ Loop Classic […]
August 2020 – provisional fish counter results
Provisional Tweed fish counter results can be found here
July 2020 – provisional fish counter totals
Updated fish counter counter totals can be found here A few video clips from the updated Gala counter :-
June 2020 – provisional fish counter totals
Provisional fish counter totals for the Ettrick, Gala and Whiteadder counters can be found here.
River Tweed Commission Statement – Gardo Netting Station
On 5th May RTC Fishery Officers were informed that activity had been observed at the Gardo netting station in Berwick. RTC’s Chief Fishery Officer immediately contacted the tenant of the netting station to establish the nature of these activities. He […]
2019 RTC Annual Report
The River Tweed Commission (RTC) published its 2019 Annual Report this morning at its AGM in Kelso. The RTC’s figures for last season showed a modest improvement on 2018, when exceedingly dry conditions for many months depressed catches. 6,814 salmon […]
First 2020 issue of ‘the River’ now available online
The February 2020 issue of ‘the River’ includes a plea for anglers to look out for more tagged fish this season. Tweed boatmen are helping the RTC with a tagging scheme to learn more about second recaptures in the river […]
Official 2019 Tweed catch sees a small improvement on the previous season
The River Tweed Commission’s official catch figures for the 2019 season can now be revealed. The total Salmon catch last season was 6,814 compared to 6,129 in 2018. 6,382 salmon were caught by rod and line (5,644 in 2018) and […]
RTC Annual General Meeting – March 2020
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN OF The River Tweed Commission’s Annual General Meeting which will be held on Monday, 2nd March 2020 at 09.30am at The Ednam House Hotel, Bridge Street, Kelso The AGM is a public meeting and all are welcome […]
Tweed education work benefits from FishPal donation
FishPal presented The Tweed Foundation with a cheque of £585 yesterday. The donation is collected from anglers when booking their fishing on FishPal’s Tweed pages. Tweed Foundation Director, Fay Hieatt, said “We are incredibly grateful to FishPal and the Tweed […]