Prospects & General Comments:
River Eden report May 2019.

1st, river running clear at just above summer level, good hatches of brook dun, iron blue, olive upright and caddis today, wind coming in from the west at last bringing overcast, damp conditions.
3rd, the trout fishing is very good at present with good hatches, a few salmon showing in the pools.
5th, a bitter north wind is suppressing invertebrate activity, a bit of rain and warmer air temperatures now needed to get the fishing conditions improved. Three salmon today in the Carlisle area on the fly, Matt Forsyth had one of them. Summer level, water temperature 13oC, air 6oC.
6th,7th and 8th, despite a cool south-easterly and showers, there has been some fantastic hatches. Surface activity is impressive with some very good trout coming to dries. A few salmon starting to move through the Lazonby area prior to a rise of water.
Water temperature 13.5oC.
9th, river slowly on the rise with some loose weed floating down. Three salmon from Kirkoswald area 7, 10 and 12 pound with fish moving.
10th, water temperature now dropped to 9.5oC, weed clearing. Activity on the slow side today with the trout but good hatches of fly life in the afternoon. One fish above Carlisle 12 pound. Wind still easterly.
11th, wind north-west, sunny and river clear. Brian Warrington 12 pounds, fly below Carlisle, three fish above Carlisle, biggest 12 pound.
There are certainly salmon coming in off every tide this last few weeks, fish moving now above the Lazonby area.
12th, water temperature 11oC, good surface activity, the odd salmon showing, water level dropping to summer height.
14th, very bright and hot weather suppressing activity, fishing weighted nymphs is getting results with some good trout and sea trout up to two pounds.
15th, desperate for rain to get some fresh water going through to bring some salmon up from the estuary. No reports of many salmon caught the last couple of days.
17th, Alan Sephton 17 pounds above Carlisle.
18th, salmon 8 pounds above Carlisle.
19th, Martin Hall 11 pounds above Carlisle. Salmon 10 and 15 pounds above Carlisle.
26th, unsettled weather with rain not having any impact on water levels. Salmon in numbers holding up in certain pools and fresh fish still entering the river, a 15 pound fish caught above Carlisle. Need a mild flood now to freshen things up and get rid of the loose weed. Numbers of sea trout improving.
25th, the unsettled weather has not improved the low water levels, yet salmon still entering the river and running through with a couple contacted and lost.
27th, 13 pound fish above Carlisle. A very slight lift of a couple of inches of water.
29th, a few good sized sea trout showing on the lower river.
30th, a good spell of well needed rain today.
31st, 1.5 metres overnight with colour and now dropping, more rain forecast the 1st and 2nd.