THE RIVER EDEN

The River Eden is one finest angling rivers in the country and was once famed for it's runs of spring salmon, it begins life high in the North Yorkshire Moors and flows north for over 60 miles before reaching the city of Carlisle where the Carlisle Angling Association controls approximately 7 miles of mainly double bank fishing.

From source to Solway, the Eden flows through beautiful countryside and the whole river system is a Candidate European Special Area of Conservation, and a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) which reflects the area's diversity of wildlife.

Carlisle Angling Association supports the Eden Rivers Trust, a charity dedicated to the conservation and protection of the River Eden, its tributaries and its surrounding countryside.

 
The Eden was always noted as a spring salmon river until the salmon disease Ulcerative Dermal Necrosis (UDN) hit the spring running component of Eden’s stock in the mid nineteen sixties. Since that time the spring salmon has not recovered (although they are still caught as shown by Steven Becket's 'Springer' in this photo)

These fish are now protected under the spring salmon byelaws introduced in 1998 by the government which states that all Salmon caught before the 16th June should be returned to the river.
 
During the past 25 years the Eden has produced prolific summer and autumn runs and in the mid 90’s the river was the top salmon river in England. Today the river still has spring, summer and autumn runs with the majority of fish coming in the autumn. 

Apart from good numbers of Salmon the association water also gets a good run of Sea Trout each year although like most of our west coast rivers this is not as consistent as it once was and numbers do vary from year to year.

The river also supports a healthy population of Brown Trout and Grayling - we do not stock so the majority of these fish will be wild native stock with one pound fish quite common and larger fish regularly caught each season.

The association water remains open during the winter months for coarse fishing for Grayling, Chub and Dace - check Fishing Permits for details on daily, weekly and coarse season tickets

The associations water is quite varied in its types of fishing, it has fast flowing streams or glides, and slow calm sections, down to the tidal section, which contains good-sized slob trout.
There is varied access through out the river from places on the parks where you can practically park adjacent to the fishing. To other areas where some walking is easy with no major route march involved.

Please note that care should be taken when parking that vehicles do not obstruct access to, farm gates, tracks, fields, or drives.
Fishermen should be advised not to leave valuables in their vehicle, as there are some very capable magpies about who regard things on view as their own.

There are now webcams On the River Eden at Warwick Hall and Kirkby Stephen