Brown Trout and Grayling
The hotel has a beat of around ¾ mile of single bank fishing on the Eden at Temple Sowerby. The Upper Eden is known for its brown trout and grayling. Fishing for guests of the hotel is free and non guests can fish for £15 a day but must book in advance by emailing enquiries@penrithfishing.co.uk. There is a maximum of three guests fishing at any one time and an Environment agency fishing licence is required
Other opportunities to fish on the Eden with day tickets are available for Appleby Anglers Association waters (www.applebyangling.co.uk) with around 15 miles of water with some excellent trout and grayling caught every year.
Ullswater is the second biggest lake in Cumbria and has a variety of course and game fish but for the wild brown trout enthusiast the lake is known for some hard fighting fish around the half pound mark with plenty of bigger fish caught especially during the spring and may fly season. Traditional loch stylefishing pulling teams of three wet flies are the favoured tactics. Boats are available to rent and for the visitor a guide is probably going to be a good investment.
Salmon And Sea Trout
The Kings Arms Hotel at temple Sowerby has fishing rights of around 800m on the Upper Eden at Temple Sowerby and there are pools that will hold salmon or seat trout although this is very much dependent on the state of the river and the time of year.
For salmon and sea trout anglers there is some of the best fishing in England on the lower reaches of the Eden and day tickets are available through www.fishpal.com. There is excellent and affordable fishing all season through on Carlisle Angling Association waters and the well known beats at Warwick Hall and Eden Lacy will often have rods available and can also be booked through Fishpal.
The River Derwent in Cumbria is fed from Derwent Water and usually maintains a good flow of water throughout the year. Beats near Keswick and Cockermouth are well known for some excellent salmon runs although like all rivers in the UK at the moment the number of salmon is significantly down from previous years but plenty of fish are still caught by the persistent angler.
The River Lune used to have a big salmon run each year but numbers have sadly dwindled in recent years. A spate river it needs some good water for the fish to run up from the estuary near Lancaster butt here are fish to be had especially in the lower reaches and day tickets are available from Lancaster and District Angling Association www.ldaa.fish
Blencarn Lake is a stocked rainbow trout fishery with some native brownies, just five miles from The Kings Arms Hotel. Although this is an artificial lake it has all the hall marks of a natural spring fed water extending to 15 acres with a hut and car parking on site. Tickets are available on the day, please contact us or Blencarn directly for further information. www.blencarnflyfishing.com
WADAA, Windermere and Ambleside District , have a number of excellent stocked lakes in Cumbria and north Lancashire. These include Ghyll Head, High Fairbanks and Farletonview all within easy access of the M6 motorway. Day tickets are available from the website. www.lakedistrictfishing.co.uk
Bessy Beck is a well known fishery near Newbiggin on Lune 30 minutes from the Kings Arms Hotel with three lakes offering everyone the chance to catch, with some huge fish in the 10-15lb range often caught.
Rainbow Trout