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Blackadder Water

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The Blackadder is one of the Tweed's lower tributaries — it drains the Berwickshire Merse country and joins the Whiteadder near Allanton before both flow into the Tweed near Berwick.

Species

A side-water session, not the main event

Low and clear — careful approach country. Long leader, small flies, slower casts.

75% confidence in this read
Water temperature for brown trout
Cool — slow
6°C est.ideal 10–16°C
0°14°28°
Why this score · for brown trout
  • Temperature3528% weight
  • Flow8022% weight
  • Clarity9518% weight
  • Feeding Time5013% weight
  • Pressure807% weight
  • Prey Activity2812% weight
Conditions
Level
0.27 m
Water temp
6.0°C
Estimated
Clarity
Clear
Air temp
6°C
Wind
SW 9 km/h
Light breeze
Pressure
1003 hPa
Rain · 48h
1.3 mm
No meaningful rain
Rain · ahead
3.8 mm
Light rain · next 48h

Live readings — water temperature is an estimate where the gauge does not record it.

How to fish it · for brown trout
When
Nymphing can work through most of the day.
Where
Cover mixed depths.
Method
Start with tight-line nymphs and adjust if fish rise or drift higher.
Kit
9 ft #4 rod, floating line, 12 ft tapered leader to 4–5 lb fluoro tippet.
Why this works
Good conditions. Clarity is favourable (95), Prey activity is weakest (28).
Through the year
0–3 scale · May highlighted
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
GrannomHatch
2
2
Evening SedgeHatch
2
3
3
3
2
Large Dark OliveHatch
1
2
2
1
Iron BlueHatch
1
2
2
1

Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

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About this water

The Blackadder is one of the Tweed's lower tributaries — it drains the Berwickshire Merse country and joins the Whiteadder near Allanton before both flow into the Tweed near Berwick. It is a slow, meandering, farmland river with a good head of wild brown trout, better-than-average insect life, and the kind of quiet Borders character that means you often fish a whole day without seeing another angler. The fishing is best in May and June when the olives are on, and from late August through September when the grasshoppers start to fall on the water. Day tickets through Duns & District Angling Association. Nothing dramatic, but a genuine pleasure to fish if you like your rivers quiet and your trout wild.

  • Mixed
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