Horncliffe

Location

Summary

Five year average: 183 salmon/grilse
and 34 sea trout
2 miles right bank fishing
6 rods, boat, 1 ghillie, 1 hut
Price range: £30 - £125 per rod/day

Description

Horncliffe's fishing consists of two miles of single bank fishing on the right (south) bank of the Tweed which is divided into three beats. The upper limit of the fishing is at Norham Castle and the lower limit is the top of St Thomas Island approximately six miles inland from Berwick-upon-Tweed.

Horncliffe, like the adjoining Ladykirk fishings, is essentially a low water beat which excelled in 2003, 2010 and the spring of 2011. Tenants are usually allowed to fish outside normal hours (9.15 am to 5 pm) unless there are very large numbers of fish in the beat in prolonged low water conditions and provided it is first agreed with the ghillie.

Each of the three beats is fished by two rods. A rota system operates with rods moving down a beat at lunchtime. The riverside track provides access to beats 2 and 3. Beat 1 is best approached by car (parking at Norham Castle) or alternatively it can be reached on foot by the Norham wood path.
Two syndicate rods (fishing the same day each week) are let until August 18th.

A boat is provided although almost all the fish are caught from the bank. Long stretches of water offer easily wadeable fishing over smooth gravel. Other stretches with rocky shelves are more difficult to wade but here the fish lie quite close into the rock shelf.
A comfortable fishing hut at the end of beat 2 is equipped with coal & gas fires, a small refrigerator and gas cooking ring, together with barbecue facilities and adequate parking spaces.

With sufficient notice an additional ghillie can be arranged at a cost of £50 per day (payable directly).