An important message reminder from REDFA for June 16th onwards. Tagging Scheme In addition and to compliment these angler led initiatives both the Rivers Eden and Ribble will run their own Voluntary Tagging schemes in 2015. Any angler wishing or intending to take a salmon within existing permitted Byelaw periods must register for and use […]
Had a nice day on the lower river with Dave Bamford who does some really important work with salmon from the River Ure Trust and Kevin who I fish with on Fridays, the river had dropped to one foot six from two foot the previous day and was clearing nicely. Although we did not see […]
Heavy rain has put around four feet on the river levels overnight making the Eden out of condition for the time being. May is a fantastic time on the Eden where along with much wildlife to see, anything is possible given the ideal conditions. The hatches of invertebrates the last two weeks have been phenomenal […]
There were some incredible hatches throughout most of the day, a veritable smorgasbord of so many invertebrates that kept the birds and fish preoccupied. It was again a very cool wind from the north-west and the river had slowly risen around four inches during the day but still clear. Had a superb day out on […]
Light rain and very cool winds from the north-west this morning did not seem the ideal conditions for a good day on the river. It just shows how wrong we can get things sometimes! All day long there were consistent hatches of small, medium and large darks, brook duns, grannom and some what looked like […]
