Scotland's salmon crisis: 'Anglers only want one. But it's just not happening'

On the Tweed, Atlantic fish have all but disappeared. Changes out at sea are stopping them coming backKevin Patterson was delighted when he saw the salmon suddenly jump from the Tweed. Moments later, it happened again and then once more. Such sightings have become remarkably rare. "We've got to the stage where we say: 'Bloody hell, I saw a salmon,'" he said. "That's a good-sized fish."Patterson has been a ghillie, a Gaelic term for attendant, on this mile-long stretch of the Tweed for nearly 30 years. He gives expert advice to his anglers, and this is one of the worst seasons in living memory. The Atlantic salmon that once crowded the water have disappeared. Continue reading...