Autumn drought continues

'Drought' may be a strong word but that's what it feels like at the moment. Down to 2" above summer level, which is ridiculous for mid October, but this cannot continue. We've noticed Caberston, a few miles downstream, got a couple of grilse last week so it seems that the smaller fish can run in this 'height'. Still, this high pressure has got to break at some point and we notice 'heavy rain' is forecast for the Borders on Tuesday night. I suspect that it will not bring us a flood of biblical proportions but any rain is better than none! The good news is that when we finally do get rain, there should be a big influx of fish into the upper river judging by the catches below Kelso.

Below is one of our rods 'skagiteering' like a Pacific North West steelhead junkie down the Nutwood Pool. This is a productive pool, it is a joy to fish at around 1'8" on the gauge and surrenders a fair number of fish each year.