Bright conditions, a cool north wind, very low and clear water, not the sort of conditions that you would organise for a day’s fishing, even if you could. But sometimes when you arrive at a water, having seen that scenario many times before and had the experience of what the day is to bring, it […]
Category: River Eden
River Eden, 1st and 2nd September 2015.
It is certainly starting to turn more autumnal the last couple of days with the cooler temperatures and less daylight hours beginning to turn the surrounding foliage. Frequent showers are helping keep the river fresh and at good levels for most types of fishing at present, not much algae about on the river bed this […]
River Eden, 21st August 2015.
It was great last week to watch an adult showing the young one how to fish, something we often do with Borderlines!
River Eden, August 14th 2015.
Low water with a slight peat colour persisted the first week of August. There are still salmon and grilse entering the Eden which is very encouraging, it has been a good season so far. With the water temperature only in the mid-50’s F the salmon are running straight through the lower beats. Normally at this […]
River Eden, August 10th 2015.
David, predominately a still water fisher, joined me today on the lower Eden for his first day fishing a river. To begin with we did a fair bit on the roll and overhead and casting that little bit farther, followed by some Spey casting techniques. The morning started with a gentle downstream wind and we […]
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