Description
Grayling fishing River Tweed System – Wade fishing on a world famous river and tributaries
Scotland has some of Europe’s finest Grayling fishing on the River Tweed system. A chance to catch a real specimen fish. The Grayling is the fourth game fish and sometimes referred to as the lady of the stream. Enjoy exciting streamy fly water in a private stretch of Scotland’s River Tweed
Prime season November to Mid March
The River Tweed is one of the finest grayling rivers in Europe with 2lb + fish commonplace and 3lb + specimens every season to our guests rods.
The iconic River Tweed
The River Tweed, is 97 miles (156km) long and one of the best rivers in Scotland. The River is set in stunning scenery, and you can enjoy world class grayling fishing. In fact some of the best fly fishing in Scotland, only 50 minutes from Edinburgh City Centre and 2 hours from Glasgow.
The river has a diverse fish population of trout, sea trout, grayling and salmon. Furthermore, when the main river is in spate, there are excellent tributaries to target. Such as the River Teviot, Ettrick, Leader and Whiteadder. The River Teviot is one of the best grayling rivers in Scotland, and joins the Tweed at the world famous Junction Pool in Kelso.
How does your guided grayling fishing day go?
Firstly, you can be collected from your hotel by your guide, a day normal runs from 08:30 to 17:30. However we are flexible with timings.
We provide everything you need. Meanwhile, you can try the fantastic Orvis Clearwater 10ft 2 weight, and the Sage ESN 10ft 2 weight grayling nymphing rods. In addition, you’ll use nymphs tied by a Scotland Fly Fishing Team member. Waterproofs and waders are supplied as are eye protection/sun glasses.
Lastly, your guide will be on your shoulder all day and will help you ready the river, point you to where the fish are and give tips on the techniques. When you need solitude you can just enjoy the river.
Included in this package
- All licenses and fishing permits for a private stretch of the river
- Transport arrangements
- Dedicated professional guide. A Tweed system river expert
- Premium Sage, Orvis and Vision fishing tackle. Euronymphing tackle of the highest quality
- Photographs of the day – link to Dropbox
- Clothing, footwear/ waders and sunglasses
- Alba Game Fishing “Fishing in Scotland” Baseball cap for each guest
Optional Extras
- Gourmet cooked lunches served in riverside cabin, with wine and a welcome Dram. All the ingredients are locally sourced and organic. £40 for one, £60 for two.
- Professional photography of your day, using full frame Nikon DSLR cameras and prime lenses. Link to dropbox and phonebook £350.00
- Alba Game fishing secret weapon fly box- with 25 hand tied jig head nymphs of various sizes £100.00 in Fulling Mill Fly Box
Sage Experiences Outfitter – try and enjoy Sage Fly Rods
Alba Game Fishing is now a Sage Experiences Outfitter. This means we enjoy a close working relationship as a valued partner of Sage and Fly Water Travel.
As a specially selected group of elite outfitters we’ve committed to offering our guests onsite access to first-class Sage rods/ reels and Rio fly lines that has been carefully curated to ideally suit our respective fisheries.
You will have flagship top end Sage rods and reels matched with Rio Fly Lines for your fishing experience with us.
This means we are in partnership and endorsed by Sage, and you will get to fish with Sage flagship tackle. So we carry 13ft and 14ft Sage Spey rods, and also R8 trout rods. Both in the Core and Classic versions.
