About
Tweedhill’s Origins
Tweedhill was originally one of over thirty Salmon netting stations that ran along the lower few miles of the River Tweed.
Slowly, the netting licences came to an end. Tweedhill’s was bought by a syndicate of six people, including the businessman Carel Mosselmans, the Count de Gannay, and the Duke of Marlborough.
For many years the river was fished by the owners, along with their friends and guests. In more recent years, the Salmon and Sea Trout fishing at Tweedhill has been opened up to clients who book their fishing each season by the day or week.
The Fishings
At some three miles long, Tweedhill is one of the longer Tweed beats.
Tweedhill is the lowest fished beat on the River. On the Scottish side, our fishing starts from the bottom of the Ladykirk beat, for three miles downstream past the Union Bridge, to its boundary with Paxton House.
On the English side, we have nearly three quarters of a mile, starting from the bottom of the Horncliffe beat, past Saint Thomas’s Island, to the edge of Horncliffe village.
The lower two beats of Tweedhill – Union and Shiel – are partly tidal. The upper beat – Fishwick – is rarely affected by tides.
Being tidal, Tweedhill is slightly different from anywhere else on the Tweed. The slight disadvantage is that occasionally your fishing might be affected, for a short time, by the incoming tide. When this happens, the Boatman will put you on a different stretch of the river further upstream, until the tide turns, and the shoulders of the rocks opposite the Shiel reappear.
Our fish are Silver and bright, and it is rare to see a coloured Salmon at Tweedhill, at any time in the season.
