The trout fishing season starts on 15 March and the roving angler scheme for the Eden Valley – Go Wild in Eden – is back for 2010. Go Wild provides exclusive access to over 25 beats of wild brown trout and grayling fishing in beautiful surroundings.
As well as providing some very challenging fishing, Go Wild enables anglers to enjoy some of Cumbria’s most unspoiled scenery. As the beats are on private land, accessible only with permission from the landowner or through the Go Wild scheme, you can enjoy these hidden gems of the Cumbrian countryside away from the crowds.
Managed by the Eden Rivers Trust, Go Wild in Eden is now in its sixth year and has proved very popular with local and visiting anglers, as well as landowners, who kindly allow Go Wild anglers access to their land. The number of beats has more than doubled since it started!
Simon Johnson, Director of Eden Rivers Trust and former Director of the Wild Trout Trust, said,” Go Wild is an extremely important initiative as it creates a link between farming and fishing. Many of the beats incorporated into the scheme are a direct result of ERT’s important habitat restoration work. This creates a real ‘win:win situation, as not only does it create conditions for wild fish to thrive in , but it also provides farmers and landowners with a modest income from the fishing. This invaluable income can help to fund the future conservation management of the river.”
For those with access to the internet, visit www.go-wild.org.uk to see the fishing available, download beat maps and purchase tokens. Otherwise you can obtain these from Eden Rivers Trust on 01768 866788 or email info@go-wild.org.uk. Beat maps and tokens are also available from John Norris of Penrith and Appleby and Carlisle Tourist Information Centres.
Tokens are available in books of 4 (£10) or 10 (£25) and beats vary in cost; from one to four tokens per beat.
The brown trout season runs from 15th March to 30th September and you can fish for grayling from the 16th June to the 14th March.
