On the lower Eden with Alan and Robert yesterday, the salmon fishing remains slow as it is everywhere else so out came the five weights. It was not long before Alan got his first grayling. Then Robert with a nice trout. Then a grayling. Another. And another. Besides the grayling there were […]
Month: September 2014
Midland Show September 20th-21st 2014
Countryman Fairs have once more put on a very well organised and successful show at Weston Park this weekend gone. It certainly was well attended by the public and the weather held out to make it a very enjoyable couple of days. The Prince Albert Angling Fishing Village this year was probably twice the size […]
River Eden September 19th 2014
Good friends Chris and Martin joined me on the river this week, always great to see them and to enjoy their company. The drought period has extended for far too long now in Cumbria making conditions for good salmon fishing at this the prime time of the season with the fly very difficult in some […]
River Eden 16th September 2014
Spent some quality time fishing with my very good friend David Richens this week on the lower and middle Eden. The same scenario persist that there has been no rain for weeks and so no water for the salmon to run, so it was trout and grayling fishing for us. We had a great first […]
River Eden 14th September 2014
My good friend David Hall came to the Eden to fish with me for the weekend, a day on the lower river and a day on the middle. The initial intention was for a salmon, but with the water levels so low it was always going to be difficult, so we went for trout and […]