Fish Counter results for August  (Attached):The Ettrick total was well above average, but average means little in August which is a very variable month. If dry, there are only a few tens of fish, if wet, there can be several hundred. The Gala count was down on the two previous Augusts counted, but with such a short track record, this means little.

The annual competition triumphed, despite difficult conditions.....   more »

Electric-fishing and the 150th anniversary of the Kelso Angling Assoc. so far this week.   more »

It is vital that any fish with a red vent that is kept for eating is cooked thoroughly......    more »

Electric-fishing at the top of the Manor and the Tarth Waters so far this week.   more »

Electric-fishing the Caddon, the Glensax and the Leithen this week, then washed out for the rest.    more »

Netting & tagging, management plan, electric-fishings and Midgies this week.   more »

Bag some autumn fishing on the River..........   more »

The netting at Paxton last Saturday was a great success.........   more »

Trap repairs and electric-fishing with the Environment Agency so far this week.   more »

Fish Counters' results for July (see attachment): The Ettrick numbers were just below average, but better than for some previous years. From a quick examination of the video clips, about three-quarters were Salmon. The Gala counter was very much in line with the previous three July counts, though mainly trout.

The Tweed tent and casting pond provided quite a draw at the Show. See the photos..........   more »

Work on the new edition of the management plan, trap repairs, catch records and reading up on acoustic tracking this week.   more »

The Border Union Show takes place tomorrow, Friday 24th, and Saturday, 25th July. The Tweed Foundation and River Tweed Commission will be there .....   more »

Work on the new edition of the management plan and on Spring Salmon this week and the Kelso show.   more »

NETTING SATURDAY 18th CANCELLED DUE TO FLOODING   more »

Fish Counter results for June 2009: Despite the low water levels and the poor catches, the Ettrick counts continue to be within the normal range and are a 100 or so up on last year at this time. The fourteen fish up the Gala Water were all Brown-trout around the 30cms range and it is of interest to see them making the journey in such hot weather and low flows. See attachment for the results.

Electric-fishing Rainbows and Bullheads, taking genetics samples and setting up a Ph. D to track fish this week.    more »

Book some great fishing on Tweed this Autumn and also help the Tweed Foundation........   more »

A week of meetings and tag-making.    more »

A Brown-trout with Furunculosis, approval of the Living North Seas programme and electric-fishing Bullhead so far this week.   more »

Different netting techniques enable the Tweed Foundation to capture useful data   more »

Netting & tagging, Lamprey & Bullhead surveys, a visitor from NZ and netting the river at Coldstream this week.   more »

Tagged fish are now in the River again....   more »

A good turn-out on a day more suited to sunbathing than fishing.......   more »

The RTC quarterly meeting, netting on the Upper Tweed, Bullhead monitoring and the Glendale Childrens' Country show so far this week.   more »

Ettrick fish counter results to the end of May: Contrary to expectations based on the poor catches and on the periods of very low water on the Ettrick this Spring, the counter results have been within the range of previous Mays. The headline Salmon count is 133 so far.

Traps, a giant smolt, a Goosander count and Spring Salmon population analyses this week.   more »

The Fishmongers' Company comes to visit some recent initiatives on Tweed......    more »

The Beaver trial beginning in Scotland is under the spotlight following the findings of a major new study......   more »

Our future years' catches are now emerging in the headwaters........   more »

Admin, a meeting on stocking policy, drafting for the Code of Good Practice in fisheries management and discussions on Spring Salmon so far this week.    more »

The fish counter results for April and for May so far are in line with previous years, though this early in the season, the counts are very erratic, ranging from a few tens to a few hundreds. Fish were showing at the Ettrick cauld today (19th May - a small spate)

Results on Attachment.

We must not get complacent about the ever-present threat that Gyrodactylus salaris poses to our Salmon stocks....   more »