Spawning activity

A rather grainy shoot of some spawning activity on the Craig Stream, Horsburgh side. Obvious quality constraints - poor light, full zoom and on a compact digital.

Salmon spawning, Upper Tweed, 22 Nov 2011 from Brian Davidson on Vimeo.

and here, a few fish jostling for position in the tail of the Nutwood Pool.

Still fresh fish about.....

Fishing is still slow, but pods of fresh fish are still pushing up, and these seem to be populating the streamier necks of pools, rather than hanging out with the old red kippers. Water is relatively low for time of year, and very clear, but it did rise around 3" by late afternoon.

A nice fresh hen fish was taken today, about 10lbs, from the neck of the Lower Nutwood. It is incredible to think that we are in the 3rd week of November,yet the successful tactics are what you might use in late summer - a hover/intermediate line and 1/2" tube.

Some good days.....

Like October, November has proven to be a difficult month so far. Fish remain largely off the take, despite the huge head of fish in the river. Nevertheless, a couple of parties experienced some excellent sport.

Messrs James, Griffith & Badland fished 2-4 November and shared a respectable catch of 11 salmon, including a 22lb and 18lb fish.

Bernard and Philippe, over from France, fished 8 & 9 November and took 6 fish between them.

Some fresh fish are featuring in catches, and good numbers have been running in the high water. The last two weeks of the season should see a good run of the fast running November fish coming in. These are generally large and tend not to hang around the lower/middle river at this time of year. As a consequence they are likely to be fairly fresh.

Below are some of the fish taken by Bernard & Philippe.