TWEEDSWOOD

[salmonking]

Hi, after i come back from my hols,I'm booked on tweedswood
on sat 24 feb,never fished here before looks like good fly water,
whats my chances of a springer at this time?and any useful advice much appreciated.

cheers col

[tyneandrew]

Never fished it before but i have heard good reports of the gillie there.

February on the middle Tweed is always going to be a bit hit and miss to say the least.

[elwyman]

I think there was an article about this beat in T&S, 2 or 3 years ago?

Possibly written by the gillie, or the article could have been about him?!

[Yorkshire Esk]

Hi Colin
I guess you will already that Tweedswood has its own website, but you can always get on the email list for the lastest reports on the river.

Here are some pics off the fishtweed site.
www.fishtweed.co.uk/tweedswood/extrapicsriver.asp?dom=FishTweed.

www.tweedswood.com/

Kate

[acw]

Only fished it the once ,found it an enjoyable fishery ,the pool with the old bridge and the Hut was kind to me ,and the Keeper Kevin was excellent .Would certainly fish it again

[stoater]

Tweedswood and its great gillie Kevin are a combination that I would enjoy exploring more at any time of the season. But, as I am told, above the caulds beneath Kelso, you fish more in expectation rather than hope in a normal February.
That said, if this isn't a mild winter, I'm Jack Frost!
I'd say Tweedswood would give a realistic hope of more than just a lucky pull, from late April onwards til June for the early fish.
The true early ones seem to run to Ettrickmouth, then move v.slowly.
"Normally" the bulk of the Springers seem to be slow runners, as you would expect, so at Tweedswood in Feb, you'd be thrilled to get one.

[salmonking]

Thanks for the comments folks,we will give it our best shot,it will be good to get out,and hopefully the weather will stay mild,fingers crossed.

[robmason]

Looks like a great beat. The way the weather has been so far this year I 'd fancy my chances on the middle river as much as the lower.

[salmonking]

Saturday beckons,and the weather couldn't,t be milder,surely there are some fish up,i see bemerside got one today.

I spoke to Kevin the Gillie earlier,seems a nice chappie,and were all
positive,although there wont be any spinning done,roll on sat.

[hardygem]

I've fished on tweedswood,Theres a nice liitle run on the far side right under the bridge a fair chance of a fish lurking in there.kevin is a great lad i'm sure you'll enjoy being in his company for the day.Tightlines
Ross

[elwyman]

Looking forward to getting a report - sounds like a nice beat, tightlines.

[salmonking]

Thanks guys,i see rain on the way,hope this doesn't put too much
water in the system,should be OKs for sat,Ive always got whiteadder in reserve.

[macsalmo]

Good luck on Saturday Col.

Gary

[salmonking]

Cheers Gary,but its been chuckin it down all day,non stop,looks like our luck could be out,on the other hand it could encourage
the salmos up...water levels on fish tweed should be interesting tonight,hope the rain stops soon then were in with a chance.

[tyneandrew]

The leader was chocolate and big when i drove past this afternoon, pouring its colour into the Tweed. The Tweed itself had not come up at that point but surely will.

[hornet]

Hope you manage to get out and tight lines if you do.

Hornet

[JJ]

I am booked in at Tweedswood on 4th May - thanks for the encouragement guys, cant wait for that trip now..!

(Game fair at Kelso on the 5th, anyone fancy a beer and a natter?)

- JJ

[salmonking]

JJ,i don't know if you have fished tweedswood before,but if you haven't,your sure to enjoy,Kevin the Gillie,first class,and great fly water,mind it was up a bit when we were there,I'm planning another trip soon,just need to tie up a couple of jobs first.

We didn't catch by the way although i lost a fish,probly a kelt....
but really enjoyed our day.
P,S,I'll definitely be at the bar

[salmonking]

Was planning a couple of days on tweed this week,but looks as though the weather has put paid to that ,I'm now thinking along the lines of traveling a bit further,i see craigellachie could
give me a couple of days the week after,as you can probably tell my frustration point is at its peak,I'm in two minds though,maybe a little coaxing from forum members could make my mind up???

[elwyman]

Tweed had its best week of the season last week - has it come up dirty today?