As if any of us need reminding the Eden season closes this week on Thursday 31st October just as the river levels slowly return to a fishable normal. There are salmon in the river being caught and returned, but as they are not as numerous as in the good old days some persistence may be required to complete a respectable catch return. One thing is for sure is that if your fly (or flying C) is not in the river you wont catch a thing.
There were large numbers of finnock & sea Trout in the Estuary just before the rains started in August hopefully they will have run up the river too. Its little solace I know but on the positive side we may just get a successful spawning year and some good runs in the future.
Bill Collins- Cock Salmon returned - 5 this year so far