The Lees
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Jane Douglas-Home
The Lees
Coldstream
Berwickshire
TD12 4LF
Telephone: 07597 487427
Email: theleesfishing@tweedbeats.com
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The Lees beat is a one and a half mile horseshoe of the river Tweed around Coldstream. There are famous pools such as the Temple Pool and the Cauld Stream, as well as the almost equally (at times) prolific Learmouth Stream, Back of the Wall, Iron Gate Point, Glide and Cornhill Bend. The Lees beat is well situated in the river as it is accessible to fish in low water and one of the first beats where fish hold up when the river is consistently high.
The Lees has split ownership between the owners and a family trust, but is fished as one beat. Many weeks are let to one tenant for the whole week, but there are also half week and daily lets. Three rods are let throughout the season.
The head boatman, Paul Hume, is hugely experienced and has been working at the Lees for many years.
Please note that the owners reserve the Temple Pool on Saturdays, and during the week a wading rod in the top half of the Temple Pool, but only if not interfering with tenants' boat fishing, and the right to fish with one rod after 5pm throughout the season.
If you are looking for somewhere to stay please have a look at http://www.tweedbeats.com/accommodation
Boatman Contact Numbers
Head Boatman: Paul Hume - 07747 347425
For information re. availability please email theleesfishing@tweedbeats.com
or telephone 07597 487427
N.B. The rod price excludes VAT
beat facts
- 5 year average: 339 salmon/grilse
- Nearly 1.5 miles left bank and under 0.5 miles right bank
- 7 named pools 1 boatman February to August, 2 boatmen August to October (depending on annual leave)
- Extra boatman, if available, on request and extra payment
- Fishing huts, one for the rods and another for the boatmen, with WC
- 3 boats spring summer and autumn; Maximum rods let: 3
- Member of TFP (Tweed Flyfishing Preferred)
- Salmon caught spinning 2014: 5, 2015: 7, 2016: 9, 2017: 12, 2018: 1, 2019: 20, 2020: 1, 2021: 2, 2022:1, 2023: 1, 2024: 0, 2025: 0, 2026: 0
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recent catches
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| SALMON | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| SEA TROUT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
archived catch statistics
Salmon |
Febr | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Salmon | 0 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 30 | 34 | 80 | 6 | 208 |
| 2022 Salmon | 0 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 27 | 4 | 9 | 145 | 83 | 1 | 311 |
| 2023 Salmon | 1 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 29 | 72 | 38 | 57 | 1 | 235 |
| 2024 Salmon | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 52 | 140 | 189 | 99 | 2 | 518 |
| 2025 Salmon | 1 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 29 | 34 | 31 | 210 | 78 | 0 | 422 |
| AVG Salmon | 1 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 19 | 25 | 56 | 123 | 79 | 2 | 339 |
Sea Trout |
Febr | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Sea Trout | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 26 |
| 2022 Sea Trout | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 23 |
| 2023 Sea Trout | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 41 |
| 2024 Sea Trout | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 29 |
| 2025 Sea Trout | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 40 |
| AVG Sea Trout | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 32 |
season to date
Salmon |
Febr | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Total |
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| 2026 Salmon | 0 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 23 | 71 | 32 | 0 | 179 |
Sea Trout |
Febr | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Total |
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| 2026 Sea Trout | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 24 |
fish catches
Taken from information gathered within the last 7 days by our automated SMS & telephone systems.
- Salmon & Grilse 13
- Sea Trout 1
This information is updated every day.