Monday 10th October

The river rose on Sunday, but dropped slowly to about 2' 4", only for rain early on Monday morning causing a slow rise to about 2' 8" on Monday afternoon. The water has been well above summer levels for many weeks, and as such there is very little colour coming into it, so it remains very fishable at heights above 2'.

Alastair Dunbar caught the water 'just right' before it began to rise slightly yesterday afternoon, and managed 3 fish between 8-10lbs.

Unsettled week

It has been an unsettled week in terms of river height and temperature. There are lots of fish about, however with the levels being up and down they are not very settled into the usual lies. With little angling pressure this week, catches have been low, although regular fish Iain Bain managed a couple of fish and lost a few more, the best being this clean fish around 16lbs. If river levels remain on the high side, prospects are good. Fish are running into the beat all the time at this height - concentrate on the pool tails for resting fish and ensure that the fly fishes right around and close into the bank - often good for hooking a running fish.

Week ending 24 September

'Good water' has dominated this week - sitting around the 2' mark most days, and even higher on a few days....

F O'Rourke had a 15 pound fish on Monday 17th.

I Bain and B Davidson had 2 fish and 1 fish respectively on Friday 22nd - best weighed 8lbs.

Saturday 23rd saw water levels maintained nicely at around 1' 6" and very clear, and it was a glorious day. However, the the overnight rain seemed to have a delayed effect, and the water rose slowly to around 1' 11" by late afternoon...

14lb hen fish taken on Saturday morning, in spite of the bright conditions.

Good falling water, and no more rain forecast

Tweed height at Peebles

Reporting to Saturday 17 September

Plagued by very strong westerly winds at the beginning of the week, this made conditions tricky, and as such there was very little fishing effort - supposedly the tail -end of Hurricane Katia, but really just the usual Scottish autumnal weather!! Heavy rain later on Friday put the river up to 2' 8" on Saturday morning. It steadied off to around 2' by mid-day and clearing so was definitely fishable. Decent sized pods of fish were moving through, and Donald Milne managed to intercept a 13 pounder from The Rumbler, followed by a 4lb sea trout later in the day from the same pool.

A further hen fish of around 8lb was taken by one of the co-owners. Both anglers experienced several good takes which failed to stick.

Prospects look first class for next week, if we do not get too much rain.

Week-end report, Saturday 10 September

Saturday 10 September - The water was holding steady in the morning around 1 foot, however heavy rain during the course of the day put levels up again, and by this evening it was 2' 8" and rising. Good news for fishing next week.

A fresh little cock fish of around 7lb was caught and returned today, it is nice to see clean fish such as this showing up in our catches so early in the autumn. Successful set-up was a 8/9 Rio AFS shooting head with a 5' sink tip - with a sparsely dressed small orange/yellow conehead at the business end.

Season so far....

Whilst the beat has been very lightly fished, we still managed 3 salmon in July and 5 in August, fairly unprecedented, but helped by the water levels being consistently above summer level for much of this time. This certainly demonstrates that given conditions, Upper Tweed can provide viable fishing in summer, and we are confident more fish could have been caught if rods were out.

Gordon Fraser takes a fish from the tail of The Rumbler in August 2011



Most of the bankside strimming has now taken place, so access to the pools should be straightforward.

A nice clean hen fish of around 10lb was caught today, Friday 9 September - and returned: