For those of you with very deep pockets and an inclination to catch salmon news reaches me of an unmissable offer.  For a mere £850,000 (yes eight hundred and fifty thousand) you can be the proud owner of a week's fishing rights on for miles of the Tweed for 5 rods.  Admittedly the rights exist in perpetuity and can be sold on, but none the less this is a staggering amount of dosh to shell out for a few days annual fishing. 

The Tweed is now recognised to be one of the best Atlantic salmon rivers in Europe and arguably the best of all salmon rivers in the world.  Oh that the Ribble were in the same class.  Mind you, the best guess so far is that around 300 fish have made it to Horton so far this season so the chances of making a catch are not exactly remote.  With luck we will get some decent weather and water conditions after spawning so that a good redd count can be made and numbers more accurately assessed.

Water levels are too low now for a reasonable chance with salmon and we are not promised any appreciable rain later this week so it looks as though that's it for this season.

Ian