had a go at the peebles stretch today my first outing this year, absolutely froze my knackers off but thankfully the hospital did a good job of reattaching them

the tweed is a beautiful river, gin clear water and clean gravel, not to mention the bright green streamer weed. took a few pics and managed a 1 1/4 lb brownie at last knockings:

Good on you and brave in this weather.
Were you bugging?

yup, 3 flies 12 inches apart on a thingymabobber, christ they could hold the titanic afloat

caught it on the top dropper, a fly similar to that tungsten head ptn of yours

it may have been cold but i needed to get out and do some fishin' think my body disapproved tho!!!

Nice report Jonnie lad....nice bit of water too.Was that Neidpath Castle...?

Great bit of river that eh ? great scenery and Neidpath Castle looks amazing up on the hill last time i was there (september) we had a few brownies but the weather was brutal, current is pretty strong as well, when i first went in i s**t myself, looked quite slow but just about took me away

If you walk about 2 miles up stream there is a cracking pool where the two rivers meet (lyne & tweed), holds a lot of fish and is well worth the walk up

Nice photos

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Blimey heck Jonnie! That brownie is as bonny and healthy looking as I've seen in a long time

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Yeah..Beautiful fish

thanks for the tip, i will defo get out of bed early for that bit of river, i wasnt expecting the stunning scenary. crikey the current is fast, took some getting used to!!! its so clear you dont realise how deep it is too- there are so many wide deep shelves i didnt know where to start!!!

according to barker it is but i had no idea looks great though eh?

check the markings on the head, that fish really made my day she looked twice as good in the flesh!!! she swam off straight away very strongly, i was well impressed.

Hi Jonnie

What delightful photos - I'd come on here wondering whether you had made it to the river and wasn't disappointed. Rather you than me, from your description of the wading (and the interesting operation on your most cherished bits of anatomy) - thermals are winging their way to me so my next trip shouldn't be so painful.

Trish

The 2nd picture down of the large rock, in the late 30's early 40's there was a diving board fixed to it. The pool has long since filled with gravel, but it's where many locals learnt to swim.

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