324 ANGLING SEASON. 



in which they are found ; the silver charr 

 frequenting parts of the lake of less depth than 

 the haunts of the red charr. The best season 

 for angling here, and both for trout and charr, 

 is from the last week of April to the first week 

 of June, or if cool, to the middle of this month. 

 The pike is taken throughout the spring and 

 summer. Perch fishing is best in the very 

 height of summer. The same baits serve for 

 the trout and charr, viz., the artificial fly and 

 minnow ; but the former is more successful 

 with the trout ; the latter with the minnow. 

 Ah ! a rise ! and another ; and this has taken 

 the fly. Be ready with the landing net. See, 

 a trout of at least a pound ; thick and well fed, 

 and how like that of Derwentwater ! 



AMICUS. I have risen two or three fish, but 

 in vain. 



PISCATOE. We will change our ground. Take 

 us, boatman, nearer that point. If you have 

 no success there, we will try better and more 

 distant ground. 



AMICUS. What you call a point, I would 

 rather call a headland, it is so bold ; and how 

 finely wooded ! Those dark Scotch firs here 

 have a grand effect. Were I to give way to 



