Five year average: [447] salmon/grilse
and {52} sea trout
2 miles double bank, 9 pools
5-7 rods, 1-2 ghillie, 2 boats, hut & wc
Price range: £40 - £410 +vat per rod/day
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Boleside has long been regarded as one of the best Tweed beats, and is different from the other top performing beats, in that it is by far the furthest up the river. The beat's position, just below the meeting of the Tweed with the Ettrick Water, accounts for much of its success. Spring fish going to the Ettrick and autumn fish heading for the upper Tweed all have to wait at Boleside until there is enough water for them to continue. Hence the beat does well in early summer as well as in the autumn. There is also a very useful run of sea trout in the summer months.

The beat is two miles long which, rarely for Tweed, is double bank the whole way. There are two boats provided and there is good access by car to the hut and to most of the ten pools.

Tenants fish on a rotation basis as determined on a Monday morning. Rods who are fishing for the whole week will be allocated their rotation at that time. Tenants who are fishing for less than a week will fit into the pre-determined rotation and their positions will be allocated by draw of lots.

Until 12th September a maximum of five rods are fished at any one time. In the autumn period (after 12th September) six rods are let and an occasional house rod may be fished but only when conditions permit.

Boleside fully supports the 2010 Tweed Conservation Code with regard to ‘Mercy killings'. Failure to comply with this may mean that fishings are not offered in future.

The owners have carried out a number of improvements since purchasing the beat in 2003 and they intend to continue raising standards wherever possible.
 
SALMON CATCHES

  Year '05 '06 '07 '08 '09
  February 11 3 2 5 0 4.2  
  March 8 7 7 12 0 6.8  
  April 16 10 12 18 0 11.2  
  May 36 14 48 31 0 25.8  
  June 34 10 11 25 0 16.0  
  July 1 5 12 5 0 4.6  
  August 10 15 30 20 0 15.0  
  September 39 52 82 74 0 49.4  
  October 118 170 105 103 0 99.2  
  November 209 157 114 137 0 123.4  
  Total 482 443 423 430 0 355.6  

SEA TROUT CATCHES

  Year '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 Average  
  February 0 1 0 0 0 0.2  
  March 1 0 0 2 0 0.6  
  April 0 0 0 0 0 0.0  
  May 0 1 3 1 0 1.0  
  June 0 4 3 5 0 2.4  
  July 1 6 12 3 0 4.4  
  August 2 23 14 15 0 10.8  
  September 2 20 6 7 0 7.0  
  October 13 24 2 5 0 8.8  
  November 20 18 5 7 0 10.0  
  Total 39 97 45 45 0 45.2  



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