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jphase of fly-fishing. On this account, any purchase of flies, either 

 lor salmon or trout, may be safely depended upon as likely to 

 answer the end desired. 



The other angling streams worthy of attention are the Eamont, 

 the Duddon. the Ehen, the Derwent, the Greata, the Cocker, the 

 Mien, the Weaver, the Wampool, the Caldew, the Peterel, the Esk, 

 the Lidded, the Line, or Leven, the IrtJiing, and the Greet 



The Eamont springs out of Ulls-water Lake, near to Pooley 

 Bridge, and falls into the Eden near to Carlton. If the angler 

 should be in the vicinity of the town^ of Penrith, he can readily 

 make his way to some of the best fishing-streams of the Eamont. 

 Its trout are both numerous and of good size, and excellent sport 

 may be obtained during the whole of the fishing season. 



The Duddon constitutes the boundary line between a part of the 

 counties of Cumberland and Lancashire. It has fine salmon and 

 trout, and is a particularly pleasant stream to fish with the fly. 



The Ehen rises out of the mountain range in the neighbourhood 

 of Borrowdale, and is about twenty miles in length. It forms 

 Ennerdale Lake, and then flows on, passes Egremont, and reaches 

 the waters of the Solway Firth. Trolling is now very generally 

 adopted by anglers who frequent this stream. The flies that will 

 suit the Eden, will answer very well for this river. 



The Derwent springs from the vicinity of the hills near Borrow- 

 dale, and after wmding through some rugged and sublime moun- 

 tain districts, full of wild grandeur and impressive desolation, it 

 forms the lake that bears its name, at the mouth of which stands 

 the town of Keswick. This is a good starting point for the angler, 

 inasmuch as it^ commands a ready access to many fine trouting 

 waters. The river runs past the town of Cockermouth, and falls 

 into the Irish Sea near the small town of Workington. The whole 

 of its range will be fully thirty miles. The fishing in the Derwent 

 is often very uncertain. The finny tribes seem to take capricious 

 fits of abstinence, for nothing in the shape of bait will induce then* 

 to move. We cannot account for these odd humours, nor have W6 

 ever heard or read of any one that could. 



The Greata is formed by two small rivulets, which spring out of 

 the lofty district of Saddleworth. These united waters pass Kes- 

 wick, and fall into the Derwent. In the early part of the season, 

 and during the summer, after rains, there is capital trouting in the 

 Greata, and very fine trout they are. The palmer flies seem to be 

 great favourites with the local anglers of these streams. 



The Cocker has a mountain source; and, after rains, comes 

 down with great impetuosity, sweeping everything before it. 

 It flows through the lakes of Buttermere and Crummock, dividing 

 the beautiful vale of Lorton. The trout run generally small, but 

 occasionally there are some taken of more than average size. 



The Ellen springs out of Cpldbeck Fells, and has several small 

 tributaries in which tourists often fish with the worm, and are very 

 successful even in clear bright weather. The small but deep 



