Summary so far

Fish continue to be caught, though not in the numbers we have been accustomed to catching in a Tweed autumn. Water levels have improved over the last fortnight, and this has replenished the pools with more fish. Successful anglers include co-owner Iain Bain, who has had 7 fish so far. Other successful anglers during November include Stuart Robb, another of our co-owners, with a 17 pounder from The Rumbler, and Mr Bissitt and Mr Pease who had a fish apiece. The Rumbler is the pool where most of the fish have been taken, but fish are in all parts of the beat, so if you are planning to fish, please do explore all the pools.

The latest video from Iain Bain with the two fish from The Rumbler on Monday past.

October 2018 - a few fish

It has been a late start to the season, with a prolonged and hot, dry summer. Whilst there have been sea trout and some salmon in the beat for the summer, they have been very difficult to catch. The second week in October saw a rise of over 4 feet which helped clean the riverbed and bring some fish up.

Successful anglers in the last few weeks have included co-owners Iain Bain and Stuart Robb with one fish and two fish respectively, Daniel Rickis with one fish and Stewart Inglis with two fish. best so far has been 15lb caught by Stuart Robb in the Rumbler.

Iain Bain has recorded several videos of fishing and fish caught on Cardrona (and further afield). You can view Iain's video channel on Youtube at Iain's videos

Two fish caught by Stewart Inglis last weekend

Brief update for 2017

Apologies for the lack of updates this year. Good water levels have meant sport has been consistent. Whilst numbers reported are down this year, so has effort. There are plenty of fish about, with some very good sized fish being seen and caught. We have had two fish at 22lb reported (one today - see bottom picture below), with a fair number of fish in the low- mid teens caught.

More reports to follow.

Big fish on Saturday

Here is an estimated 24lb fish taken by Iain Bain on Saturday from The Rumbler.

A few more fish yesterday....

A few more off Cardrona yesterday, best about 14lb.

Update 18 October

We've had another 6 fish since the last report, two fish to Mr Bryce on 17 October and the rest caught by Iain Bain. We got a reasonable rise in water to 1'7" on Tuesday 17th October, which will have moved some new fish in and freshened the water a bit, though it has dropped in to under a foot today. There is a distinct lack of sea trout in the catches this year. Whilst there appears to be a lack of fresh silver fish throughout the Tweed system this year, it is important to remember that at this late time of the season, fresh fish will often  race through the lower/lower middle river and may not feature in catches until they slow down in the middle/upper river. As such, there is still the prospect of a late run of newer fish, even into November. A lack of catches of fresh in the lower river is not always a reliable indicator at this time of year, when the fish have their heads down and sat nav set for the middle and top of the river.......

Below is Iain's fish from yesterday.

2016 season

It's been quite a slow start, mainly due to the extended summer, high water temperatures and lowish water. Despite that, we have had 12 fish to date, helped by one or two small rises in the water in the past month. Congratulations to Roy Bain, who caught his first salmon a few weeks ago. Congratulations also due to Mr Quinn, who had two fish early one morning before the mist lifted. Some pictures below. Further updates will follow.