A bit of a damp squib the last couple of weeks of the Eden salmon season compared to the fantastic spring and summer fishing we have had. Low and warm water, no arrival of the Autumn fish yet and the trees are still green, seems to be the same story across the UK at present. There […]
It is always a great pleasure for us to meet up with good friends that we have known for quite some time and also others we have not seen for a while. David, Mike, Paul, James, Kevin, Neil, Sandy and Jeff joined Illtyd, Jonathan and myself for three days salmon fishing on the Lower Kinnaird beat […]
Had the great pleasure of David and his son Sam on the river for a bit of salmon and trout fishing, great company and very keen. I have to say the fishing was tough for both species right now although the river is in great condition at present. Anyway, Sam seemed to take to Spey […]
I had the great pleasure again with the company of Dave and Ros Downes yesterday, it is always nice to spend the day on the water with such nice people. When we arrived, the river on the lower Eden was at 1’6″, 14 oC and with some colour, with no rain the last two days it […]
It has been an interesting, challenging, enjoyable and sometimes frustrating period on the river over the last few weeks. It is the first time in thirty odd years of fishing the Eden that we have not had the suitable conditions during the summer that allow for good night fishing for sea trout. Constant weather fronts […]
