For game anglers the Wear is recognised as one of the best Sea Trout Rivers in England, with double-figure fish being caught annually.
What to find on the Wear: Double figure Sea Trout. ;Significant run of salmon; Brown trout fishing, both wild and stocked; Grayling fishing; Specimen size coarse fishing: Barbel to over 12lb, chub to 6lb 10oz
British record Dace; Increasing numbers of bream.