Report for last week in October

'Extremely disappointing' about sums it up. 3 salmon and a sea trout for the prime last week in October is poor, and our overall October catch belies the huge head of fish present in the beat, and upper Tweed in general. Proof, if it were ever needed, that angling catches are never a good indicator of the stock in a river! This phenomenon seems to be happening elsewhere on the river, with many of the beats, including other upper beats, reporting low single figures of fish each day......

Despite the huge number of fish present, they are simply not taking, and only the odd 'daft one' is succumbing to a carefully (or not so carefully) presented fly. Various theories as to why this may be have been suggested, possibly the unseasonably mild air and water temperatures, and persistent high water have not helped. Whatever the reason, the fish will surely come back on the take at some point soon, hopefully before 30 November.

The only fish taken this week were by three of the co-owners with a fish apiece, and a sea trout taken by a guest rod.