THE TWEED 19 



The following are the totals for the Duke of Roxburghe's 

 water, for the whole seasons, 1904-1920 : 



1904 = 156 

 275 

 616 

 299 

 303 

 247 

 261 

 450 



471 

 393 

 407 

 308 

 608 

 533 

 630 

 1919 = 316, and 637 in 1920 



The very large fish was taken in 1886, and 15 seem to 

 have been taken by Mr. Pryor in Upper Floors that day. The 

 Fishing Book simply adds : " Heaviest 57^ Ib." I believe 

 brevity must be the soul of more things than wit. 



No record of Lower Floors, as it is now called, occurs for 

 that year, but it has been reported that two rods had three most 

 remarkable days on 25th, 26th, and 27th October, killing 

 91 fish. On October 22nd, 1900, the Duke of Rox- 

 burghe himself killed 16 fish. The late Mr. George 

 M'Culloch had Lower Floors for three years from 1901, and 

 during that period made some very considerable scores. On 

 8th November, 1901, he had 18 fish averaging just over 

 18 Ib. On the last day of that season he had 11. 1903 

 was, however, his great year. His scores on seven consecutive 

 days' fishing from October 15, were : 13, 11, 11, 12, 7, 15, and 

 13. In November he had five consecutive days of 12, 17, 16, 

 15, and 10. Then on 20th November came his greatest 

 day, when he killed 19 fish, in the Garden Wall and Peat 

 Pools, averaging 20| Ib. The weights were : 39 Ib., 28 Ib., 24 

 Ib., 24 Ib., 24 Ib., 23 Ib., 21 Ib., 20 Ib., 20 Ib., 20 Ib., 19 Ib., 19 Ib., 

 18 Ib., 17 Ib., 17 Ib., 16 Ib., 16 Ib., 15 Ib., and 14 Ib. Next day 

 he had 11 fish, and the day after that 18 fish. In this 

 couple of months his total was 285 salmon and 21 grilse. 



A curious coincidence was reported by Mr. Alex Scott as 

 having happened in the Floors Water in October 1908. Lord 

 Herbert, fishing on the 19th, lost a fish and with it a small 

 silver Wilkinson. On 23rd, Hon. Mr. Ward hooked and landed 

 a fish on a silver Wilkinson and found Lord Herbert's fly in 

 its mouth. 



Below Kelso Weir, on the opposite side from the town, the 

 Teviot enters from the south-west. It is the largest tributary 



