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Coarse
Fish
The River Eden offers coarse fisherman, chub up to 7lbs, grayling
over 2 lbs, dace and even perch to 2 lbs and although not as numerous
as other species, pike over 20 lbs are caught. Grayling are found
throughout most of the Eden, chub as far upstream as Appleby and
there are dace from Armathwaite downstream to Warwick Hall then
through the City of Carlisle towards the tidal stretches of the
Solway.
Where
to fish
There are several good stretches on the river in Carlisle ranging
from fast streams to slow deep pools and smooth glides, including
for example the Memorial Bridge and Castle stretches. Match anglers
visit the Eden every year, and in particular the Carlisle and District
Coarse Angling Club. The coarse angling club runs matches throughout
the year on a variety of venues in the area, with matches on the
river Eden during the winter months.
Nearby there is a variety of Stillwater fisheries in the area offering
carp in excess of 20lbs, bream, perch, pike, roach , rudd and tench.
Talkin Tarn near Brampton provides excellent perch fishing with
fish over 4lbs and bags in excess of 20lbs, and pike are taken up
to 22lbs on deadbaits with sardine as the favourite. On Crofton
Lake near Carlisle mixed bags to over 100lbs have been taken –
the lake contains carp, bream, gudgeon, perch, rudd, roach and tench.
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How
to fish
Ledgered
bread flake or crust on a size 4 hook will usually prove to be successful
for the massive chub, although it will pay not to introduce any
groundbait on a first visit unless bites occur and fish are caught.
Ideally these sould be fished on an Avon style rod, in conjunction
with a quiver tip and 6 pound breaking strain line. Swim feeding
with maggots for grayling, chub, or dace is a good method. Also
trotting can be very productive.
One method that should not be ignored with grayling fishing or chub
and dace fishing for that matter is swimfeedered maggot. Providing
you can cast reasonably accurately the swimfeeder offers an excellent
method of feeding a swim and putting your hookbait in amongst your
groundbait. Fly fishing for grayling can also be a very productive
method.
When
to fish
On the river Eden a variety of baits can be used for coarse fish,
however there are certain restrictions as follows :-
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1 ) The use of keep nets, ground baiting and swim feeding are not
allowed during the period when it is lawful to fish for salmon with
rod and line, i.e. 15 January to 14 October inclusive.
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2 ) No spinning is allowed for coarse fish.
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3 ) Worm fishing will not be permitted from 15 October until 1 May,
with the exception of juveniles who will be permitted to use worm
for coarse fish.
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4 ) Fishing with maggots between 15 March and 15 June is not allowed.
There is no specific time to fish, however when fishing time is
limited, it often pays to fish an hour either side of dusk when
changing light values will often make the difference between a blank
day and a day to remember.
Tackle
Use a standard float or ledger rod according to the method of fishing.
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