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Ackreknowe Reservoir, O/S ref 79/495106. boat and bank fishing for near Hawick, permits from the Pet Shop, 1 Union Street, Hawick, call 01450 373543.

Akermoor, boat and bank fishing for near Hawick, permits from the Pet Shop, 1 Union Street, Hawick, call 01450 373543.

Lindean Reservoir, 2 miles from Selkirk, fishing is from boats only of which there are two boat on this 35 acre reservoir stocked with fine quality rainbow trout. Permits from Rogersons Newsagents, 6, High St, Selkirk, call 01750 20749 for further information and for bookings.

Talla Reservoir, a substantial fishery consisting of some 300 acres located near Tweedsmuir. This loch is one of the few lowland lochs holding Arctic Char as well as good stocks of brown trout and some ferox, permits from the Crook Inn, Tweedsmuir, call 01899 880272.

Watch Reservoir, O/S 67/ 660563.

Boat (12 boats) and bank fishing on a 120 acre loch stocked with rainbows, browns and blues. Many of the stocked fish have over wintered, may even been several years in the water - so don't expect these fish to give up without a fight. The fishing is challenging for the angler who likes to fish in a natural setting where grouse call in the heather, ospreys occasionally visit and and the air is full of the call of water fowl and waders. The best fish was a 17.5lb specimen stocked for a competition but it didn't play ball and wasn't caught for a couple of years. The lucky angler was near exhausted by the time he landed the fish (there is a story attached to this which will be told in a feature article in the online magazine).

Contact Bill Taylor on 01361 890331 or visit www.watchfishery.co.uk 

Under new Management, see the feature on Watch Click Here

Whiteadder Reservoir, O/S Ref 67/655635.

Whiteadder Angling Association have fishing on the river from the reservoir at Clint Dods to Chirnside. The club stock annually to keep numbers up. Permits from R.Welsh & Sons, Duns; Nairns Newsagents, Duns; Game Fair Fishing Tackle Berwick on Tweed; JS Main Fishing Tackle, Haddington. Contact Whitadder AA on 01361 890633.