My last day on Elibank was pretty much a washout. Gales and heavy rain with the water coloring and millions of leaves catching every cast. I fished until lunchtime and drew stumps early for the long drive home. No regrets. 9 salmon and a seatrout for my week and a nice fresh one in the […]
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Elibank, Tweed. 30th October 2020
Arrived this morning to find the water up to about 2ft 6ins (The Sepa gauges are offline for some reason) and very dirty. The morning spent struggling with heavy sinking gear and leaves just about every cast. But never say never… mid stream down the Bridge Pool and I got a 4lb Seatrout. Not the […]
Elibank, Tweed 29th October 2020
Water 1ft 10ins and steady all day but a bit too high for Elibank according to Adam. The cause for tomorrow will not have been helped by strong wind and pissing rain most of the day which will at best hold the river up or worse lift it again. Nevertheless I did manage to hook […]
Fairnilee, Tweed, 28th October 2020
Sadly the river rose to 2ft 6ins overnight and was pretty colored for most of the morning dropping back to 2ft 1ins by close of play. A few plucks and pulls and a fish lost in Black Strand but otherwise we drew a blank. Tough going above 1ft 6ins on Fairnilee but it could fall […]
Fairnilee, Tweed 27th October 2020
Water height down a few ins on yesterday at 2ft 9ins and clear, overcast for the morning and then serious rain and wind this afternoon. I think we may be flooded tomorrow. 6 fish for the day from the beat, Black strand doing its stuff – a great pool as it ever was. And then […]
Tweed 2020 26th October
Back on Tweed for my first cast/last chance for a salmon this year! Came back to Fairnilee which I haven’t fished since 1992. The beat is in the excellent hands of the new (to me) ghillie Mark Hislop and my goodness has he done good works. A magnificent new rod room in the old sawmill […]
My on-line tackle shop now closed. 18th May 2020
With effect from todays date, I have taken the difficult decision to close my on-line tackle shop. Furthermore, unless or until I can find someone interested in taking on my ArrowHead tackle brand, I intend to bow out of the fishing tackle sector by the end if this year. This has nothing to do with […]
Coronavirus update 7th April 2020: Post and Russia
I do hope you are all keeping safe and well in this dreadful time. Giving you the latest updates on my various activities, I must sadly say our Russia trip for the end of May is now cancelled along with the rest of the program on the Varzuga for 2020. Whilst this is of course […]
CV update 21st March: Royal Dunkeld Hotel is now closed.
Following the Government’s decision to close all pubs clubs restaurants and bars, The Royal have had no alternative but to close for a minimum of one month from today. The fishing remains open for our Murthly week and Donald is keen for us to go, but without accommodation and with the distinct possibility of a […]
Coronavirus update 20th March
With most of those who have booked dropping out of the Dalmarnock courses, I have spoken to Colin and we have taken the decision to try to postpone the first week, hopefully until later this summer or until next spring if necessary. The fishing remains available for anyone who wants to or can still go. […]
