The rivers of Northumberland are numerous and have an envied reputation for the quality of fishing.
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The River Tweed and its famous network of tributaries are world renowned for salmon fishing. Famous beats on the main river include names such as, Junction, Sprouston, Makerstoun, Carham, Ladykirk and Rutherford to mention only a few. Many of the tributaries of the Tweed offer excellent fishing too. Tributaries such as The Teviot, Whiteadder and numerous others produce good numbers of salmon, sea trout, brown trout and grayling.
The Tweed system offers excellent brown trout fishing, which can be obtained quite cheaply. Grayling too, can be caught in good numbers during the months when the salmon, sea trout and brown trout are in the closed season.
The River Coquet offers a unique opportunity to fish a lovely river in mid Northumberland. The river itself rises in the Cheviot Hills and flows through such villages as Hepple, Rothbury, Felton and Warkworth before flowing into the sea at Amble.
There are private beats which can be fished by the day or membership of the Northumberland Federation gives anglers about twenty miles of fishing throughout the course of the river as well as certain stretches of the main River Tyne. Fishing the tidal stretch at Warkworth does cost a little more but concessionary tickets are available to disabled people, pensioners and youngsters.
The River Tyne produces more rod caught salmon than any other English river. The Tyne system comprises of the main Tyne, the North Tyne, the South Tyne and a number of tributaries such as the East and West Allen.
Damming the North Tyne to produce the massive Kielder Water Reservoir resulted in the building of the salmon hatchery near the reservoir itself. This complex rears a few hundred thousand salmon smoults for release into the river every year.
Other rivers in the country that anglers can enjoy are the Aln, Till, Wansbeck and Blyth. The Aln flow through Alnwick, adjacent to the castle, Lesbury and meets the sea at Alnmouth. The Till flows from above Wooler through Milfield, Ford and Etal before flowing into the mighty Tweed. The river Wansbeck begins near Sweethope and flows East through Morpeth and meets the sea south of Newbiggin. The Blyth flows past Ogle and Stannington before flowing into the sea at the town of Blyth.
Northumberland has some majestic rivers that offer anglers a paradise to enjoy and explore. The county offers the very best of game fishing and welcomes fishermen from all over the world year after year.
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