Counting the fly life of the Tweed takes time and patience....   more »

Office work on the Water Framework Directive, getting the estuary trap ready and trying a creel survey of the Melrose water so far this week.   more »

Suspicious Spring Salmon deaths are, once again this year, the subject of investigation by the Tweed Foundation   more »

Fish Counter Results to the end of March :

Not much going up, but not much expected this early in the year. Of the five fish counted up the Ettrick, four were trout. Two Salmon, however, were reported to have been caught already in the Ettrick, which must have gone up before the counter was re-installed on the 22nd March.

To get the attachment with the results, click on the attachment below

Attachment - mpg file (9.1mb)

Dead Springer, Smolts, Scotsman journalist and spawning lampreys this week.   more »

Excellent shots of Brook Lamprey spawning caught by the Tweed Foundation   more »

Trustees Meeting, Irish visitors & forestry, salmon fishery history and the first smolts this week.   more »

A greater number of big fish appear to have been caught this Spring   more »

Update on the Ettrick and Gala counters.   more »