THE TWEED 



23 



Salmon. Grilse. Total. 



Year. 

 1873 



1874 

 1875 

 1876 

 1877 

 1878 

 1879 

 1880 

 1881 

 1882 

 1883 

 1884 

 1885 

 1886 

 1887 

 1888 

 1889 

 1890 



The average for this period of 35 years is 118. The average for 

 the 28 years down to 1900 is 145. The most extreme fluctuation 

 is noticeable in the grilse column: from 126 in 1906 to only 6 in 

 the year 1907, or from 174 in 1895 to 26 in 1896. If we take the 

 salmon column alone, the average is almost 97. 



If we isolate the two best years giving the weight, we have : 



213 salmon - 

 142 grilse 



276 salmon - 

 64 grilse 



The record for the Sprouston water is, I believe, 36 fish killed 

 by Lord Home in April 1875. That this should have been done in 

 a spring month is specially interesting. And as a record showing 

 the number of fish which may be in the Dub at one time, I may 

 add that in the old times when leistering was regarded as legitimate 

 sport, Lord John Scott and party killed in one night by this means 

 84 fish. 



The angling season of 1908 was not very profitable in the majority 

 of the upper fishings, but a large number of fish seemed present in 

 the lower waters. The river ran low and the atmospheric conditions 

 were very frequently unfavourable, but Sprouston is reported to 

 have yielded 120 fish. Major Gerald Trotter was conspicuously 

 successful in that he made the season's record of 13 fish in one day 

 (27th October) from Sprouston Dub, the aggregate weight being 



