May 6th, very clear water and the trout fishing very good, good hatches of various olives and caddis today. A few more salmon from the lower river reported, all between twelve and fifteen pounds off the... Continue reading

The spring salmon just seem to keep coming! It certainly has been quite an exceptional spring this season with a very high average of weight class. Most of the salmon taken look like they are 2-3 sea winter... Continue reading

The 23rd started quite warm in the morning; brown trout were rising freely until the cool breeze got up in the afternoon, the air temperature took a nose dive and stopped any sport dead in its tracks.... Continue reading

Here's a round up of recent stories from the Angling Trust

1. Angling for Scouts - great initiative to get more youngsters into fishing.

More HERE.

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Reports of more large salmon caught on the Eden this past week, a few in the high teens and one in particular at thirty two pounds! This spring has got to be the best we have had for many years; there... Continue reading

The brown trout fishing has been quite something on the Eden of late. Good hatches of Grannom, large darks and medium olives are bringing the fish to the surface.

Early April like March has also... Continue reading

28th March. Although conditions would not seem favourable for fly fishing during the middle part of the day; with bright sunshine, low and very clear water, no wind and little cover, it has been quite... Continue reading

22nd March, the salmon fishing has slowed down somewhat due to the low river levels, the next rise of water should see a further run enter the river, The trout fishing is picking up very nicely, a few... Continue reading

The second week of March continued the trend with several heavy fish, some in the high teens and a few in the twenty pound class being caught. It has to be one of the best spring runs of fish this early... Continue reading

A small rise of water and temperature at the end of February encouraged a decent run of spring fish to enter the Eden. Some of these salmon were quite substantial; the heaviest reported from Warwick hall,... Continue reading

If you have been reading or watching both local and national media over the last couple of weeks you will have seen that the Angling Trust have been getting great coverage on two of our campaigns which... Continue reading

The river at present on the 16th is now in fine order. A ten pound spring fish was reported form the Eden during the week around the Carlisle area, great news!

Unfortunately, the long range weather... Continue reading

The Ocean Silver Conference probably raised more questions than it answered. The most common point made by conference participants was "OK, we've seen the problems at sea. Now, what are we going to... Continue reading

Quite a cold snap across Cumbria for the fist week of February, there is ice in the margins and the daytime air temperature on occasions not exceeding the water temperature of 2oC. The fishing is not great... Continue reading

The much needed high pressure bringing settled dry weather and cool conditions has dropped the water levels to just over a foot above summer height. On the 30th January we have a report of two fish of... Continue reading

27th January - Persistent rain and winter showers are keeping the water levels fluctuating between one and two meters on the lower river. We just need a settled period of weather for a week or so to bring... Continue reading

The water conditions are about as good as they can be for this time of the year. The clarity is excellent and with the water height at just over a foot is all one could ask for, the water temperature is... Continue reading

It is always a great pleasure after a long and very wet back-end to the year, to think about what the potential of the impending season will be. The people we may meet, how the pools have changed on the... Continue reading

'OCEAN SILVER'

The AST's conference is about what happens to our salmon in the Atlantic Ocean - where their food is plentiful & where it is scarce, where salmon go to... Continue reading

Introducing the Atlantic Salmon Trust

Founded in 1967 at a time of crisis for the survival of Atlantic salmon, the Atlantic Salmon Trust has devoted its entire resources during the last 45 years... Continue reading

www.cormorantwatch.org

Please use the new website www.cormorantwatch.org from the Angling Trust to report... Continue reading

The Angling Trust is the representative body for angling in England.

Amongst many achievements in the past year we successfully put pressure on government to spend an additional £110 million on... Continue reading