It has been a frustrating summer with warm weather, near drought like conditions across the country and then just when we thought our prayers have been answered and  rain forecast we had so much water that many rivers flooded, and as the dust settled many beats saw the serious damage that had been done. Continue reading →

The highlight of last week was to be officially announced as the new sponsor of the now FishPal Malloch Trophy at the  Scottish Game Fair in Scone.
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As I write this weeks blog we are saying goodbye to a difficult June with at least weather conditions settling down to more “normal” summer like conditions in the week ahead. Last week was a week where sea trout continued to be caught on some rivers in decent numbers but it was a much tougher challenge to find a fresh salmon to connect with. Continue reading →

Last week was a frustrating week for fisherman across the country with some difficult conditions to contend with. Those who were lucky last week were typically reporting that their fish were caught early in the morning and into the evening with pools rested during the day. Continue reading →

The slow start to June pretty well continued last week with all rivers struggling to post decent catches. There was one exception, an absolute cracking fish caught by Iain Wilson from the Borders Gun Room and our very own Tweed report writer. Continue reading →

June can be a funny month and true to character, we saw flash flooding and rivers rising literally up a foot in 10 minutes and dirty colouring for others at best. All this has meant early June has produced tough fishing conditions across the country and poor catches as a result. Continue reading →

Another decent week

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Can I start this week with some breaking news. I am absolutely delighted to announce that FishPal are to be the new sponsor of this year’s Malloch Trophy taking over the reins from Savills.  Continue reading →

As I sit down to write this weeks blog the hot of the press news is that a fish of 33lb has been caught today (Monday) on Hendersyde on the Tweed. Continue reading →