Border Game Angling

The River Eden is often overlooked by anglers travelling to those better documented Salmon rivers of Scotland.

However, there are fish in the system all year round, with many running into double figures, and with salmon stocks continuing to decline it still sees it’s fair share of spring fish too, allowing anglers to indulge in their favourite pass time in the knowledge that catching a few of these magnificent specimens is a distinct possibility.

With catch & release high on the agenda, Fly fishing is becoming increasingly popular and certainly takes its fair share of fish throughout the season on a variety of river levels and conditions.

Good quality Grayling can be found on the River Eden, with some fish over the 2lb mark taken on the fly rod.

Grayling fishing offers the opportunity to extend the fly fisherman’s season into the Winter months, thus offering no reason to pack away your fly rod until the trout season arrives again.

A variety of successful techniques include, Czech nymphing, Spider fishing, and of course, Dry fly, the latter often excels around the middle of the day when higher temperatures are in attendance encouraging Grayling to visit the surface from time to time to take advantage of a few sparse winter hatches thus offering up some great sport.