Winter Grayling Fishing

Day permits are available for winter grayling fishing during the months of January, February and March at a cost of £5.00 per day. It is also possible to purchase a combined season ticket for £30.00 which allows fishing for grayling (1st January - 30th September) and for trout (1st April - 30th September). These are available from the usual outlets or via the FishTweed Website by clicking here.

Please note that winter grayling fishing is only permitted on certain stretches of the river so anglers are requested to consult the beat map prior to commencing fishing.

CONDITIONS TO BE OBSERVED BY THE HOLDER OF THE WINTER GRAYLING TICKET

1. This ticket shall only be available to the party in whose favour it is
granted and it is not transferable.

2. The holder of this ticket will have the privilege of fishing for grayling
with a single rod and line, Mondays to Saturdays only, during the period
mentioned hereon, but the holder must not kill any trout or any smolts or
parr.

3. Bait fishing by under 18's only is allowed on the Town Water (from the top
end of Hay Lodge Park to Priorsford Bridge), otherwise fly fishing only is
allowed all season

4. No spinning or Minnow Fishing of any kind allowed.

5. No ground baiting and keep-netting allowed.

6. Club and competitive fishing is prohibited.

7. Any ticket-holder found fishing on a Sunday will be severely penalised.

8. The holder of this ticket must exhibit it to the Association Watchers or
other persons having authority to demand exhibition thereof at all times
when asked to do so, and any person refusing or failing to exhibit this
ticket may be turned off the river, and the ticket forfeited.

9. The holder of this ticket undertakes to fish with legal lures only, and to
give all the assistance in his/her power to prevent illegal fishing and
poaching. It shall be his/her duty at once to report all illegal acts to the
Secretary or Watchers, and he/she shall allow the Watchers or other persons
duly authorised to inspect the fish and tackle in his/her possession.

10. No ticket holder shall be allowed to sell his/her fish.

11. No ticket-holder shall be accompanied by a dog.

12. Ticket holders are requested to close all gates through which they pass,
and to avoid damaging fences or other property, or disturbing game

13. The fishing season shall commence on 1st January and shall terminate on
31st March. No night fishing.

14. Ticket holders are requested to pay special attention to these rules to
see that they are duly observed. Leaving of litter, particularly broken
glass, is prohibited.

15. Any holder of a ticket infringing any of the foregoing Rules and
Regulations shall forfeit his/her ticket, and the leave granted will at once
cease. Such forfeiture shall be at once instructed by a letter under the
hand of the Secretary of the Association, directed to the ticket-holder at
the address stated in his/her ticket.

16. Any ticket-holder who has been convicted of a breach of the Tweed
Fisheries Acts or the Fresh Water Fisheries Acts then in force, or who takes
any fish by means other than rod and line and legal lure, or who the
Committee are satisfied has fished in any of the reserved stretches shall
thereupon surrender his/her ticket and shall not be granted another for at
least one year, subject to a right of appeal to the Committee.

17. All fish except grayling to be returned to the water.

18. Ticket-holders are restricted to a daily bag limit of 2 grayling
throughout the season.

19. The use of tackle that has been taken abroad is prohibited.

20. "Shuffling" is strictly prohibited.