Tom Carter visited Tweedside Tackle, Kelso this morning and asked shop owner Tim Pilcher for his top tips for anglers fishing the Tweed during the forth coming weeks.
Question: When the water is high and coloured what are the best flies and lines?
Answer: In coloured and high water the following flies fished square and adding a up-stream mend to get the fly down using a Wet Cell2 or the equivalent on a multi tip system can be very productive on Tweed
1: Thunder and Lightening Pot Bellied Snaelda on a Copper Tube 1 1/4″
2: Cascade Pot bellied on a Copper 1/4″
3: Monkey using an intermediate slime line (fast sinking intermediate). Fished square with a down stream mend to speed the fly up.
Swedish Anglers fishing the Dee and Tweed tell me the following:
“If you are only catching kelts, you are fishing too slow and too deep. Spring salmon are running fish and should be fished for in the appropriate fashion”.
For more information about what to use when fishing the Tweed please contact Tim on 01573 225306
Tweedside Tackle offer the visiting angler as comprehensive selection of fishing tackle, salmon, trout & sea trout flies, rods, reels, clothing, accessories and country clothing. Brands include: Loomis, Hardy, Greys, Guideline, Tibor, Simms, Patagonia, Vision , Dubarry. Hire Service Available.
