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The River Lune

Sea Trout Fishing on the Lune

The River Lune begins at Wath, in the parish of Ravenstonedale, Cumbria, at the confluence of Sandwath Beck and Weasdale Beck. The river then flows 44 miles through south Cumbria, meeting the Irish Sea at Plover Scar near Lancaster. The valley of the Lune has three parts. The northern part between its source and Tebay is called Lunesdale, which is followed by the spectacular Lune Gorge and finally Lonsdale, where the valley broadens. The Lune is tidal below Skerton Weir in Lancaster. The River Lune recorded a catch of 1068 in 2008, with more recent years showing an encouraging general improvement in sea trout numbers, the best year being 2014 with a recorded rod catch of 2037 sea trout.

The River Lune at Rigmaden

Sea Trout Fishing on the River Lune

Much of the fishing on the Lune is managed by a variety of private estates, clubs and syndicates.

The Environment Agency retains three diverse areas or beats of the lower River Lune providing fishing to the public.

River Lune Halton Top Beat - Although not suited to salmon fly fishing except in high water, this beat produces sea trout to the fly at night. There are twelve rods available daily.

Halton Lower Beat  - Halton Lower beat has three main holding pools which all fish the fly well, with eight rods available daily.

River Lune Skerton beat - The area below Skerton Weir is tidal and has some excellent fly water with the Area below the weir between the black and white and red and white marker posts fly only. There are six rods available to salmon and trout anglers daily.

For more information about the fishing and permits, see River Lune Fishing

Also on the lower river, Lancaster and District Angling Association manages five miles of the River Lune and  provides reasonably priced fishing for Salmon, Sea Trout and Brown Trout for local and visiting anglers.

Some good fishing on the middle river is managed by the Kirkby Lonsdale Angling Association, while just a few miles upstream, some attractive water at Rigmaden is controlled by the Yorkshire Fly Fishing Club . The Prince Albert Angling Society has three beats - one on the lower river at Caton, one at Drybeck and the other above Killington bridge.

At the top end of the river, the most publicly accessible fishing is to be found on the upper river beats managed by the Tebay Anglers.

Sea Trout Catches over Recent Years on the Lune

The River Lune

Below are a few photographs of the middle and lower part of the river Lune and the main tributary, the River Wenning.

View Google maps and aerial satellite views of the River Lune

Pan the whole length of the river and zoom into aerial views of the salmon and sea trout fishing pools

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