Salmon festival aims to encourage young anglers

by Rachel
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The first Tweed Salmon Festival brought hundreds of people to Kelso at the weekend to learn the art of fly-fishing.

Organised by the River Tweed ghillies and boatmen to address the ageing profile of anglers, it proved a success with the target audience of children and families.

There were also demonstrations given by experts Tommy Aarkvisla and Katka Svagrova who had travelled from Norway and the Czech Republic respectively.

Co-organiser Eion Mr Fairgrieve said: "It has been quite a weekend – way above what we expected to be honest."

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