Co. Durham fishing

RIVER EDEN & TEES

The River Eden rises on the high ground of the Yorkshire Dales. It runs the course of the Cumbria and North Yorkshire border at quite a gradient as the Hell Gill Beck, before turning north at its confluence with Ais Gill Beck, and dropping into Hell Gill Force, the highest waterfall along its seaward journey. Thereafter, the river flows through Kirkby Stephen and Appleby-in-Westmorland, fed by becks of the Pennines and the Lake District. Later, near Carlisle, Hadrian's Wall crosses the Eden which continues to join the sea at the Solway Firth, a total of 81 miles.

The Tees rises in the North Pennines and flows eastwards on an 85 mile journey to the North Sea. The river descends quickly in a series of falls and rapids before cascading over the 21 metre High Force waterfall at Cauldron Snout. From here, less of a torrent, the river continues to meander south-easterly, calming slightly on its approach to the Low Force waterfall at 5.5 metres. In its lower reaches, it forms the border between County Durham and North Yorkshire.

RIVER EDEN & TEES WITH JAMES WAINE NEW

As James Waine says, this is not your typical guiding service, so you might have to leave behind any prior conceptions as you step out of the car.

If you love wild places and wild trout in equal measure, this is the trip for you as James will lead you to little-fished parts of the Eden, Tees and their rarely explored tributaries. You definitely need to know the basics as a competent fly fisher but beyond that James is there to show you the water to fish, the water to pass on by and the techniques to master Country Durham’s wiliest.

James offers two styles of guided day. A day on the Eden and Tees explores these freestone streams casting into pocket water, riffles, pools and likely holding places. The hiking adventure requires a higher level of fitness covering as it does, the streams and tarns of the Lake District for a day, combining both hiking and fishing with lunch provided.