With the water temperature at 14 oC, the air temperature at 9 oC, wind from the north-east and low water, it is not always a great combination for ideal fishing conditions. But some days the fish and invertebrates think otherwise, good hatches of olives and fish activity on the surface was good to see. The […]
Category: River Eden
River Eden, May 7th, 2016.
Warmer weather has arrived at long last! It was a good time to look at the river to see what was what. After all the high water over the winter and early spring, there does not seem to be that much damage to the invertebrate and fish life as there was first expected. Kick samples […]
River Eden, May 1st, 2016.
Sometimes when you have organised a day on the river with three novices who want to try both salmon and trout fishing, the weather forecast is atrocious for that day and all have no kit, it can get a little anxious! As it happened I need not have worried, the weather predicted of high winds and copious […]
River Eden, April 27th, 2016.
Good friends Jeremy and Michael joined me on the middle Eden this week. The intention was to fish for salmon as there are a few about, but like all plans, the river levels had dropped like a stone on the middle stretches and the salmon are dour, very cold weather for the time of year, […]
River Eden, April 18th 2016.
A bit of a stiff and cool westerly breeze today with the odd shower. Even so, the hatches of March brown, large dark and olive upright were good, the grannom are yet to show! Out on the river with my friend Neil Lobban today, good company and some nice casting going on. The water was […]