About REDFA

The River Eden and District Fisheries Association (REDFA) was formed following the demise of the Cumberland River Board in 1951 to represent and proclaim the interests of the River Eden’s anglers, clubs and riparian owners.

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REDFA held its first meeting in the Crown and Mitre Hotel, Carlisle in 1952 and has continuously fulfilled this role since then - with its original Association Members still representing the bulk of the fishing on the Eden. From Source to Solway these are :-

Kirkby Stephen and District Angling Association, in the upper Eden and its higher tributaries.
Appleby Angling Association, whose fisheries are immediately downstream of Kirkby Stephen’s.
Penrith Angling Association, with its fisheries comprising the very important tributaries of Lowther and Eamont.
The Yorkshire Flyfishers Club, also has many beats around Penrith and lower down the river.
The Eden Owners Association, administer much of the river not in the hands of the clubs - mostly through the lower middle reaches.
Brampton Angling Association, has most of the fishing on the River Irthing, the Eden’s main tributary from the Pennines.
Carlisle Angling Association, control most of the Eden’s waters west of the M6 crossing of the Eden - with some notable exceptions - continues down to the tidal waters of the Solway Firth.
Carlisle and District Course Angling Club, lastly but not least, are the major fishing club on the catchment, holding noted chub, dace and grayling fisheries in the lower river.

REDFA has garnered from the broader angling community a large number of individual anglers both locally and from throughout the United Kingdom, who recognise the need for a voice committed to protecting and enhancing fishing on the Eden.

In order that REDFA can serve its members interests in a changing world, it’s Constitution requires it to maintain a General Purposes Committee (GPC) which meets regularly throughout the year to address the multiplicity of matters that now seem to affect the Eden on an almost daily basis.

Throughout its existence, the GPC has striven to enable every committed and interested party to communicate with fellow travellers to create a reasoned collective view on matters which affect fishing and fisheries. This enables REDFA to co-operate with the national administrative and conservation bodies such as the Environment Agency and Eden Rivers Trust respectively.

REDFA’s current activities are reported in its award winning website’s Newsletter