Fishing On The River Lyvennet, Cumbria

Yorkshire Fly Fishers’ Club control the fishing rights on over a mile of the lower River Lyvennet, a delightful limestone beck which flows from northwards off the fells to the east of Shap, to meet the River Eden near the village of Temple Sowerby. This is small stream fly fishing for wild brown trout and a very occasional grayling.

Trout fishing on the River Lyvennet can be described as challenging and often technical, but rewarding for the angler who is prepared to put in the effort required to fool its wily residents. Being a small stream, the Lyvennet often fishes well when other, larger rivers in the area are in flood. However, a degree of rivercraft is required as the banks are overgrown in places and casting space is tight. Fine and far off is often the way to go as the trout here are easily spooked.

The Lyvennet is a healthy stream with an abundant population of invertebrates, leading to good hatches of olives and caddis, as well as a respectable hatch of danica mayfly. The trout tend to be solid and strong as a result and often carry a marked butter-yellow colouration quite unlike other trout from the Eden catchment.

YFFC Image Gallery - Fishing On The River Lyvennet

 

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