Week beginning 4 July 2022
Monday 4th July. The gauge was reading 1’5” last night and this morning it was 1’0” 60f and a wee bit beery, all this was fine but a north west wind was blowing and it wasn’t just a breeze. Team Harper here for three days. Ken Brown was up on the Slap and Cauld where he had a pull in the Slap and nothing in the Cauld, not too surprising as one side of the Cauld is full of green slimy weed. Down on the Glide Graham Scott (Jock the ginger dug growled when he saw him as he stuck a hook in Jocks arse the last time he was here) had a 3lb seatrout on an ally shrimp, Jonathon Harper found the Duddo with the upstream wind causing a wave to roll up towards him a bit of a challenge, there were some fish showing but I expected more, I didn’t see a fresh fish this morning. This afternoon Ken lost a fish in Learmouth when his polyleader snapped, the lads fishing opposite at Learmouth had four one which looked fresh, Graham had a couple of pulls in the Cauld so a bit of action, the scores were good further downstream with MilNr Graden getting 7 and Ladykirk 8, Tillmouth only managed the 1 fish though, shows where the fish were. There is to be less wind tomorrow so hopefully. Latest- I popped out for an hour the back of nine, got a fat 6lb seatrout in the very tail of the Glide, Andrew got 2 in Learmouth stream home by 10.15pm.
Tuesday 5th July. A nicer day with far less wind, far less fish as well as it turns out. The highlight of the day being Ken Brown getting a 5lb seatrout from the Slap. Jonathon Harper had fished it for a good hour this morning and not a touch but that’s the way it goes. I got some strimming done, caught a mole and shot a couple of squirrels (greys of course. )The bottom of the river had a good catch yesterday and Tweedhill had a good day today with Bemersyde Ghille Ian Farr getting 6 this morning at Tweedhill, the water over the weekend is disappearing quickly and the Lees gauge is back down to 10” this morning but still a chilly 56 degrees for July, it would usually be in the 60’s. Graham Scott noticed the cool water as his wader repair turned out not to be a repair also his screw in studs are a tad too long.
Wednesday 6th July. An overcast start and in fact it stayed overcast all day, that and a bloody near gale didn’t help the fishing. We toddled round the beat and fished the fishy bits but failed to get a pull. The team decided by lunchtime that they’d had enough and headed home, Paul who’s made of sterner stuff went down to have a run through Learmouth but gave up due to the wind. I hate the wind, I really hate the wind it ruins the day. Water is down to 9” on the gauge and 58 degrees, wind is to calm down from tomorrow so the cheery weathergirl says, I’ll wait and see.
Thursday 7th July. What a difference in a day, warm sunshine and almost calm, maybe not the best fishing weather but good for the soul and the garden. 5” on the gauge and 60 degrees. Team Aston here for the rest of the week, we soon had them on the water and a wee seatrout was caught in the Bags on the second cast of the morning, a bigger fish chased the sunray across the slap but no pull and that was all the action for the morning, after lunch the lads decided not to fish and come back this evening and target a seatrout. I popped down with the sprayer and tackled some of the areas that are becoming overgrown and Paul got the paths cut with the tractor. Hopefully the lads will have some success tonight.
Friday 8th July. Well it seems there were no fish caught off the river today apart from Rodger Astons which he caught in the tail of the Glide; it weighed around 7lbs and was clean not fresh. The fact that was the only one reported is amazing and also worrying at the same time. We saw one fish in the Glide this afternoon which was silver but all the others we saw were older river fish. Things are unlikely to get any easier as the forecast is for more warmth and staying dry, great if you’re trying to make hay and the likes but not for fishing.
Saturday 9th July. Almost calm this morning and the heat was building as the minutes went by, the lads gave it a go and young Rodger had a good pull in the Duddo but it didn’t stick, by lunchtime the lad waved the white flag and headed for home to return next year when there will be some water. The forecast going forward is for a hot weekend, cooler midweek then a high pressure with more heat for next weekend, no sign of any rain in the near future.
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