BEAT PROFILE - West Learmouth

Don't pass up the opportunity to fish the finest pools of the Tweed, with some of the best catch-per-rod ratios in the UK, says Sam Carlisle

- Sam Carlisle

"A foot on the gauge at Sprouston and it's pretty much a done deal here," encouraged as I unfurled a Spey Dean Cockburn cast into the top of the Learmouth Stream. The is the most productive pool on West Learmouth, which in turn is one of the most productive beats on the Tweed. Sadly, it wasn't a foot on the gauge at Sprouston. In fact, the day after I fished, The Times reported on how historically low the river was.