Like most Bottom Tweed beats, the beat excels in low water conditions when its proximity to tidal waters results in large quantities of fish coming in off the tide and resting in the beat until water levels rise. 1’0” and 62 degrees this morning but it is rising above us. Marketing fishing on the River Tweed Francis was soon into a fish in the Temple and in fact he h... Monday 23rd September. Two boats are used to fish from. Gene, Paul and Nigel the rods for the next four days were reluctant to leave the warmth of the ... Monday 18th Snow bitter east wind and a rising river was our Monday morning, had fish on in the first hour in the tail of the Cauld but after that it was a lost cause with the river starting to colou... Monday 11th March. John Macleod opened the scoring with an 8lb liced hen from the Cauld and it was ni... Monday 18th November 1’5” and 42 degs squeaky clean, the Baker party turned up or duty (no they don’t make bread) 3 fish was all we could manage which is a bit disappointing after last week but that’s... Monday 11th November Alovely autumn morning 1’9” on the gauge and 40degs just the sort of day we like on the Lees. Here we go again, 2’1” and 34 degs squeaky clean and a sunny very cold day. A very foggy start to the week and a strong team on this week who are all Lees regulars. A cold day with a few snow showers, the river was in good order apart from the water temperature which was down to 34 degrees, 1’11” and squeaky clean with a easterly wind making... Monday 19th February. 1’3” and 56 degrees with a slight tinge. A grey dull damp morning and cold, 10” and 48 degrees. A very frosty foggy morning and -5 degrees. The fish was a 5lb purple hen which gave ... Monday 19th November. A lovely day out on the river, one of the nicest days this summer in fact. It was wet in fact it was very wet, I was wet, the dogs were wet, everything was wet. A nice sunny day again but a bit of a chilly breeze. A lovely warm summer day, perhaps a bit too warm for salmon fishing. The day started off a bit cold then got colder with the wind picking up from the North West and the odd snow flurry it was more like early March than late April. 1’3” and 58 degrees with a beery colour. 4’5” this morning and wet but it soon cleared to leave a lovely day with blue skies and calm, the fact it was calm makes me quite calm as well. A brighter day than of late and backs better which is a relief. It wasn’t very warm eit... Monday 27th November It was really a day to enjoy the view. No fishing so we got the boats checked and to... Monday 26th October. Tweedbeats includes details of accommodation and things to do in the area, as it is not always just about the fishing! A lovely day on Tweedside with a touch of frost but blue skies all round and most importantly no wind, even Kelsae the dug was strangely wind free for a change. 7’0” plus and very dirty, mostly Teviot effect. Chris Elcock here along with Dean MacAlister and mum Sue and local rod James Henderso... Monday 6th March. It will not be given to any third party unless needed to supply that service. The ground was white over with a vicious wind blowing from the north... Monday 4th another calm startapart from the swearingfrom myself as I caught my thumb in a Mole trap I was setting, anyway 1’5” 42 degs and squeaky clean fish showing in the Cauldstream or were they ge... Monday 25thA nice frosty sunny startwhich made a change from yesterdaywith a snowy damp Sunday which is always the way when you only get one day a week to get things done, anyway 1’8” and 38 degs sque... Monday 18th A lovely day for February sunny with a touch of frost, we covered the whole beat and had 10 Kelts for our efforts all on spinner though we did give the fly a go. 1’3” and 50 degrees on the Lees gauge. Nor sadly can we email out our normal river level alerts until the feed resumes, which we fear may not be for quite some time. ... Monday 15th June A better day for fishing weather wise as it was overcast and not as warm, we had 5/6 follows/bow waves in the Slap but no pulls, Terry then waddled into the Cauld boat and we gave it ... Monday 8th June A much better day than all weekend and I feel a lot better as well, 1’4” and 56 degs more or less clean. A cold dull start to the day with that north east wind yet again. New team on as they’re all keen to be at them. The beat has a selection of pools from 6 to 25 feet, ranging from deep, slow channels and dubs to some faster moving glides. The gauge must have been around 14’0” at the Lees on Saturday night/Sunday morning along with a gale which I thought was going to put my win... Monday 10th February. Team Harper here for ten days, now that’s dedication for you in February, but they need more than dedication today as its 4’4” and rising with wind and rain forecast but it looks ... Monday 1st February 2016. ... Monday 22nd February. Rain at last but it’s nothing like enough, it’ll help the farmers but it’s not enough for the river. 2’5” and 36 degrees meaning it only dropped one inch over the weekend and it was cold, bloody cold. Team Blobby here for the week and Yorkshire's top Spey caster Graham Scott was soon on to the Slap croy and with a wee bit of help from a North East wind his fly landed just in the r... Monday 2nd June. Whilst the rest of the population are off r... Monday 30th March Well it looks like March is going to go out like a lion as well has having came in like one, it was another very windy day on the Lees making casting the fly a difficult and sometime... Monday 23rd March After all that excitement on Saturday catching two fish on the same day we knew it couldn’t last and by lunchtime today we we’re on a blank, now at 1’8” on a Monday morning and we do... Monday 16th March Well some fish did come charging inbut unfortunately went charging straight past us to the Kelso area again, it has been the best days catch on the river this year with both Junction... Monday 9th March Here we go again another week and it’s blowing a bloody gale yet again, my shoulders are still sore from last week’s fun and games with the weather. 2’6” and 48 degs blowing a hoolie, I only saw... Monday 29th September A new team in and they are all keen to get at the fish, pity the fish are not too keen to join in the fun. It was windy then it became really windy a near gale in fact, regular readers will know how much I like the wind so I wasn’t a happy bunny. 3 of the rods turned up to say hello and have a look at the river. Just wondering about zero catches on Fishpal ,river Tweed today ,yes a 4inch rise in levels with yesterdays rain , but 3 on the Lees on Tweedbeats web site ? 12 talking about this. James Henderson was the top rod tod... Monday 12th March. Popular Upper Tweed beats include Ashiestiel, Holylee, Traquair, Glenormiston and Dawyck. Stunning scenery at this historic beat The Yair Three miles of stunning Upper Tweed fishing with a variety of pools away from the main roads Lower North Wark The beat performs at all river heights but particularly well at medium and low water levels Bemersyde A Stunning Middle Tweed Beat Providing World Renowned Fishing Carham Tuesday 29th 2’10” 46 degs and much cleaner ended the day with 5 4 of which were fresh/clean biggest 15lb. Well that’s summer over and we are into the autumn fishing. I wasn’t expecting the wind this morning but there it was and it was from the south south/west making casting in learmouth stream a bit of a bugger more so when you put a sink tip... Monday 10th October. A much nicer day than I thought it would be weather wise, 1’7” and 56 degrees. Stuart Andrews and team here for the week. ... Monday 24th June. We did see fish in some of the pools bu... Monday 13th June. 1’2” and 60 degrees and nice and clean. Team Harper here for the week and it was a slow start as n... Monday 28th September. Around 4”on gauge and getting weedier by the day. A wet day yet again, not enough to flood the river but enough to make it a miserable day. The beat is not exactly being heavily fished but we are doing the hot spots so if we found one there is every chance of a pull. Francis Sandison and Vicky Jager fishing to... Monday 20th July 2’0” and 56 degs carrying a very dark beer colour, John Okell and Graham Nicol here for two days, neither have brought spinning rods with them and prefer to fish the fly anyway but wi... Monday 13th July Unlucky for some they say but not for Mark Redhead as he landed a 11lb liced cock from the Cauld this morning on his first ever trip to the Lees, he took the fish on a #8 sort of “wil... Monday 7th July I’m writing this on Tuesday night as I deleted the original which is bloody annoying and I can’t find it in the recycle bin which is more annoying. John Laybourne and Steven Robins here for the day. Edward was on the ... Monday 7th September. Beat 1 starts below Norham Castle and the beat’s lower limit, at the bottom of Beat 3 is just above the top of St Thomas Island near to Horncliffe village, approximately six miles inland from Berwick-upon-Tweed. Drygr... Monday 19th September. I met Perry at lunchtime and he told me he had two about 12lbs both from... Monday 18th August 1’4” and 56 degs clean, a better day on the river still not that many fish showing round the beat but we managed 7 the best being a nice 13lber from the back of the wall, all on th... Monday 11th August Normal life resumes after last week but I still need to sleep, great week and that’s the common riding season over I’m getting too old for it. A better day but the river was running at 8’0” or thereabouts as the gauge only goes up to 6’0” 46 degrees and milky coffee coloured. Another cold day with a North east wind blowing across the river. The beat is … 1’11” 52 degs and a very dark beery colour. It was a belter of a day, sunny calm for most of the day until after lunch when an east wind picked up. 1’6” and 46 degs. The beat is always let as a 3 rod whole, with prices from £200 per day for periods of one to six days - most lets are for two or three days. Harry H Allen here along with Michael O’Neill who last fished the Lees about 34 years ago when even I was a laddie, t... Monday 14th October. A warm sunny start with a stiff north westerly blowing down the river with the gauge sitting at 4” or there abouts as it’s off the gauge it was going to be a struggle, anyway Gen... Monday 26th Misty start but the sun was never far away, 10” and 62 degs still clean with no blanket weed floating about yet. A mixed team with us for first three days one of whom had fished with us before but not for a long... Monday 15th October. 1’0” and ... Monday 15th April.It was very windy from the east and it was really, really cold. water temp? The Teviot has a couple of inches at the top gauge and that would be worst c... Monday 8th May. 1.00pm and its lunchtime but there’s nothing to r... Monday 27th October Salmon are just like buses! We have some ve... Monday 23rd November. 2’0” on the gauge and 42 degrees with just a slight tin... Monday 1st April. Not so good for the fishing but in usual summer fashion we had a nice f... Monday 27th Just when we thought summer was on the way having had two lovely days on Saturday and Sunday we are back to crap weather today, with a very strong south/south east blowing all day. We have been visited by aliens it seems and they have nicked all our fish. Team Harper turned up Sunday afternoonwhen I was feeding my hensand the usual Whisky drinking competition ensued in the hut, it ended up in a draw. If ever you needed to use the word dreich it was perfectly suited... Monday 10th August. It was a strange day with hurricane Ophelia approaching. First of all I must correct a mistake in last week’s report, I reported 48 fish for the month when it’s actually 46, I’m sure some of you sharp eyed readers would have noticed this... Monday 24th August. Jonathan Reddin here again for another go along with Jonathan Pearce, the family retaining the other two rods as its Easter. 1’4” 46 degrees and squeaky clean. We can do that in one... Monday 23rd June Well the nights are fair drawing in! 2’6” and 36 degrees but at least we were fishing for the first time in 3 weeks. The only action was... Monday 4th May 3’2” and 46 degs but broon! Team Sidoli here for the week who were all about as keen as the frost to get in about the fish. 20 and 44 degs. A lovely sunny warm day at last, maybe not great for the fishing but good for the soul. Throughout the salmon fishing season (1st February to 30th November) wonderful fish are caught by those who have the opportunity to cast a fly on the many beats (stretch of river). The crappy weather continues with cold damp and even wet conditions all day today that along with a north east wind made it very unpleasant and back to full winter gear on to stay wa... Monday 28th March. A nice day with just the odd wee shower, river running at 3’11” at the Lees and dirty. Richard Harrison and Clancy chucked a Toby off t... Monday 12th February. A glorious autumn day on Tweedside, with not a puff of wind and clear blue skies contrary to what the weatherman said it would be. James Hepple and mates here for three days so not the best start, the lads stayed for the day chucking Toby spoons off the bank and a brown trout was the res... Monday 27th April Team Harper were here yesterday afternoon for the April whisky drinking competition, it’s a good job they have a designated driver, much colder than last week and hail/snow about wi... Monday 20th April A lovely sunny day with a light north wind, 1’4” and 48 degs. A nice sunny day with a north east wind blowing, 1’9” and very dirty, the lads gave it a go but the odds were always against them. 4’5” this morning and wet but it soon cleared to leave a lovely day with blue skies and calm, the fact it was calm makes me quite calm as well. We gave the Temple and Cauld a quick r... Monday 26th March. We can fish five rods comfortably. James long Lees regular and candle maker to the Pope was in the Cauldstream with Paul... Monday 15th August. These conditions are not what the fish or angler wants. Ma... Monday 23rd July. Only one rod on today as the rest have called... Monday 2nd November. The lads... Monday 12th June. Just had a look and we had two fish but I can’t remember where we c... Monday 14th September. John had a hold of two ... Monday 10th March A lovely sunny start to the week, bit frosty first thing but soon warming up and no wind either ( which is a surprise after the weekends curry) 2’9” 44degs and clean, it is rising a... Monday 3rd March A lovely sunny day and warm for the time of year so all was well in the world apart from the river which was at 4’3” this morning at the Lees and carrying a lot of colour. 1’2” on the Lees gauge and 57 degs at 8.30am I just love it! 2’5” and 46 degrees, still settling down after Sundays flood. 3’0” and 56 degrees with a lot of beery colour, Howard Dixon was the only rod to turn up and he gave it a good go for the conditions but didn’t manage a pull, he get one next time. search. Dave had a pull i... Monday 30th July. The only rod booked in for the day Brian Perry very wisely decided not to come today, 2’4” 40 degrees and very murky. John Okell and Graham were first to arrive and I got them signed in and did the usual ta... Monday 10th July. Phil Fisher and team here. 3’2” and 40 degs clean with lovely blue skies above us. For more accurate information, please contact the owner of that stretch of the river, contact details can be found on the individual beat pages.