elwyman
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Post by elwyman on Jan 31, 2007 19:35:27 GMT
I'll post a report of our trip to Rutherford on Sunday.
Anybody else fishing Tweed this week?
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Post by tyneandrew on Jan 31, 2007 21:34:35 GMT
Was nearly tempted - sticking to a few hours on the Tyne instead though.
Levels are nice and settled for opening day, i would expect a handful to be caught.
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Post by elwyman on Feb 1, 2007 17:47:36 GMT
3 fish off Upper Floors, which is only about 2 miles downstream of Rutherford - at least they've gone over the cauld at kelso.  |
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Post by Yorkshire Esk on Feb 1, 2007 18:23:16 GMT
Two sea trout on Dryburgh too, not a bad days fishing for the first day
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Post by tyneandrew on Feb 1, 2007 21:15:25 GMT
Personally, I thought that it was a very disappointing opening day for the Tweed in near ideal conditions.
Unless there were not many rods out - which i think would be doubtful?
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Post by elwyman on Feb 1, 2007 21:33:51 GMT
Not brilliant by any stretch of the imagination, but there is plenty of rod availability on FishTweed, particularly on the middle river.
I see on the Dee that Invery did much better than Park - I wonder if the fish have moved higher up river than usual due to the mild weather and highish water levels in January. If true, the beats above Kelso might be holding a few fish with few people out fishing.
And yes, I will be fishing an Eternal Optimist on Saturday. ;D
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Post by robmason on Feb 1, 2007 21:50:37 GMT
How do these people catch sea trout in February? I've never caught sea trout in February???  |
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Post by robmason on Feb 1, 2007 22:07:33 GMT
Ahh, now I've caught kelts in February.
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Post by elwyman on Feb 1, 2007 22:53:00 GMT
You probably know the Till has fresh sea trout in February, perhaps a few missed the turning.
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Post by tyneandrew on Feb 1, 2007 22:56:49 GMT
Have caught sea trout in April around Norham - mainly small fish around the 1lb mark.
Caught sea trout kelts on the Tyne in February which could easily be mistaken.
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Post by acw on Feb 2, 2007 18:18:04 GMT
Sagefly who was heading up to the Junction this evening reported two fish caught yesterday ,should hear more on sunday when he returns
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Post by acw on Feb 3, 2007 17:29:53 GMT
Just had the following text from Sage fly
3Kelt's 1baggot16lb 1springer lost.
Sure to have a blow by blow account Mon or Tue ;D
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Post by elwyman on Feb 4, 2007 13:11:55 GMT
Steve and I had a great day on Rutherford but unfortunately no action with springers and very few kelts about. No fish were reported by Fishtweed yesterday, so it looks like the few fish that have entered the river are well spread out. Brilliant sunshine and a water temp of 40F, it could have been April. We had the beat to ourselves and the gillie, Michael, stayed with us all day and even had us out in the boats, which was a new experience for us both. Highlight of my day was fishing the gorge at the bottom of the beat from the boat - very scenic and some great fly water, with a touch of whitewater rafting in places. A very scenic beat with some good fly water and a range of high/low water pools. I'd like to fish it again when there's some fish in the pools! A few photos - fairly poor quality as I had the camera on the wrong light setting: Long Stream, near top of beat:  Between the Caulds:  Lovers Leap - this is the head of the gorge:  The Gorge (Corby Rock?):   The journey up and down were murder. The A7 at Langholm is closed so we drove up to Moffat and took an A road to Selkirk via St Marys Loch - more of a cart track than an A road in places. Then fog all the way home on Saturday! |
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Post by tyneandrew on Feb 4, 2007 15:43:26 GMT
Nice report and pictures.
Was certainly very quiet on the river on Saturday. And the Tay.
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Post by stoater on Feb 4, 2007 21:22:27 GMT
Elwyman, thanks for the report and pictures. Rutherford looks very nice and I would love to fish there. Only prob being when I enquired a few years ago it was c.£2,000 for one day a fortnight. Obviously best to pay by the day, vacancies permitting, I think.
Lovely looking water though. Marked down as a prime one wh
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Post by Yorkshire Esk on Feb 5, 2007 12:04:45 GMT
Elwyman, thanks for the report and pictures. Rutherford looks very nice and I would love to fish there. Only prob being when I enquired a few years ago it was c.£2,000 for one day a fortnight. Obviously best to pay by the day, vacancies permitting, I think. Lovely looking water though. Marked down as a prime one wh Good value fishing on Rutherford for Feb and March www.fishtweed.co.uk/pages/rodsriver.asp?dom=FishTweed&btnm=Rutherford&rsec=1 |
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Post by elwyman on Feb 5, 2007 20:12:34 GMT
Y. Esk is right - it must be one of the better value beats at this time of year. No VAT is one reason!
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Post by elwyman on Feb 5, 2007 21:59:13 GMT
No fish either if the 5 yr average is anything to go by  Not brilliant by some standards, but you wouldn't get to fish it for £30/day if it was stuffed full of fish. March figures look better. |
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Post by Yorkshire Esk on Feb 6, 2007 21:24:52 GMT
Just had the following text from Sage fly 3Kelt's 1baggot16lb 1springer lost. Sure to have a blow by blow account Mon or Tue ;D ACW I guess you didn't tell Sagefly about the blow by blow account that he would be posting on here of how he got on on the tweed at Junction, as we are still waiting for a full update |
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Post by acw on Feb 6, 2007 21:28:28 GMT
Just had the following text from Sage fly 3Kelt's 1baggot16lb 1springer lost. Sure to have a blow by blow account Mon or Tue ;D ACW I guess you didn't tell Sagefly about the blow by blow account that he would be posting on here of how he got on on the tweed at Junction, as we are still waiting for a full update I would guess from the limmitted amount of dubious jokes he has sent me over the past 2 days his in tray is rather full !A result of leaving work some time like midday friday  |
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