Lees

[Yorkshire Esk]

According to Fishtweed there is supposed to be a seal on the Lees beat. Anyone seen it.

[elwyman]

There was a seal way up the Teviot in January:

www.hawicktoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=974&ArticleID=1983181

[salmonking]

I didnt take up the chance to fish the lees last nite but two pals of mine did and both caught a couple of very nice sea trout,from the iron gate point and otter stones respectively,me i was scooping bottles of beer and watching a talanted guitarist and singer songwriter kenny herbert from edinburgh up at my local,kinda wish id gone fishin though

[sinkingtip]

Guid troot min (1st pic) !! I'll bet that gave him a scrap ! Single handed rod ?.........I do hope so.

[salmonking]

S T,,double hander,,,but apparently a tremendous scrap.

[tyneandrew]

What size is the fish - about 5lbs?

[salmonking]

one was 6lb 9oz,the other was 7.5lbs.

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salmonking said:

one was 6lb 9oz,the other was 7.5lbs.

Good sea trout by any standards. Sounds like despite the high water they are still hanging around the lower Tweed

[salmonking]

We fished the lees tonite,conditions were pretty good apart from the wind,plenty of cloud cover and the river dropping in nicely,i started off in the glide with the j m multi tip and a 15 ft intermediate tip,with a wullie gunn cascade size 12 double,saw a couple of fish show tight to the far bank,hopes were high,anyway covered these fish without any joy,then suddenly right at the tail
i got a positive take just before the fly came on the dangle,a quick head shake and bugger waved goodbye with a swagger and a splash of tail ,having felt this was a good take i reeled in to check the fly and noticed the hook points were not as sharp
as id like them to be ,a hard lesson learned,so off with that un
and on with another of the same pattern.
I then decided to take a walk up to a lie called the back of the wall,,,second cast with a slow fo8 and another good pull,no joy
yet again,i then backed up 15 yards and covered again,this time no retrieve ,as the fly slowed to about a standstill a couple of short twitches and bang i was in ,,after some breathtaking runs
and a last gasp leap,he was nearly ready,couple of Min's later he was beached,unfortunately the fish was badly hooked it had to be dispatched,not a bad end to what could have been a pretty
frustrating evening.

[zephead]

Well done Col-Junction the 'morrah so here's hoping you let some thro?

ZH

[salmonking]

Z H,
I see there wasn't much action yesterday at the junction,hope the fish that came off was yours?
Was up at the orvis shop and popped over for a quick spy,looked pretty hard going all the same,,,saw a fella fishing pretty high up
in the streamy water probably was yr good self.

[hornet]

Nice fish Col,

Your racking them up


Hornet

[salmonking]

Cheers,,,that fish was my 32'nd this yr,,here's to some more rain
and still the back end to come,,some contrast to last yr.

[zephead]

Yep-guilty as charged.If it was in the late afternoon it was me making a bit of a hash of the Island and Hawthornbank from the Kelso side-I don't think we restarted til three when the girls took over.

Very difficult to concentrate on casting with Miss Andrea in the boat from the Hawthornbank in her red wellies,cropped top and Gucci "polaroids".Have an incredibly sore foot and ankle at present which made wading difficult and had one of those days when I just couldn't seem to find a decent rythmn to the day.

Collective tally was a 5lb sea-trout and an 8lb fish and the grayling(returned).

The wading in Hempseedford has changed a great deal-much of the gravel has gone from it and there must be 2ft less "bottom" in it than last year at reasonably low levels.

Smacking take from the 2.5lb grayling to a size 12 red Francis which was quite a shock as I was under bawled instructions not to bloody loose it as Billy J thought it was a fish as he saw the take and it put a good bend in the rod upon taking line.

Good fun day-Gamefish website should have the photos posted soon.

ZH

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zephead said:

Yep-guilty as charged.If it was in the late afternoon it was me making a bit of a hash of the Island and Hawthornbank from the Kelso side-I don't think we restarted til three when the girls took over.

Very difficult to concentrate on casting with Miss Andrea in the boat from the Hawthornbank in her red wellies,cropped top and Gucci "polaroids".Have an incredibly sore foot and ankle at present which made wading difficult and had one of those days when I just couldn't seem to find a decent rythmn to the day.

Collective tally was a 5lb sea-trout and an 8lb fish and the grayling(returned).

The wading in Hempseedford has changed a great deal-much of the gravel has gone from it and there must be 2ft less "bottom" in it than last year at reasonably low levels.

Smacking take from the 2.5lb grayling to a size 12 red Francis which was quite a shock as I was under bawled instructions not to bloody loose it as Billy J thought it was a fish as he saw the take and it put a good bend in the rod upon taking line.

Good fun day-Gamefish website should have the photos posted soon.

ZH

Ah well at least you never got the grayling on a rapala Zep ;D