14 ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT FISHERIES 



cellaneous obstructions has had an unfavourable 

 effect. 



To remedy this condition of affairs the Kent 

 Angling Association has, for twelve years past, 

 devoted itself to restocking the river. The experi- 

 ment of the first year ended in disaster. Owing to 

 a fine fibrous substance carried in suspension in the 

 water which supplied its nursery boxes, 200,000 

 trout fry perished. Since that time, however, about 

 50,000 yearling trout have been turned into the 

 the river, until now a hopeful condition of affairs 

 again prevails. The fish have begun to appear in 

 their old haunts, fair takes by anglers are again 

 becoming the rule, and the pollution is year by year 

 diminishing. 



The remains of the largest trout ever taken in 

 the Kent are preserved in a case by Messrs. 

 Hutchinson and Son, of Kendal. Appended is 

 this inscription : " Caught about three miles north 

 of Kendal, in the River Kent [at Hagg Foot], April 

 10, 1 86 1. Weight 5 Ibs. 9 ozs." This fish was not 

 taken with rod and line. 



As a Salmon River. Whilst considerable 

 numbers of salmon and other species of migra- 

 tory Salmonidce enter the Kent yet it cannot 

 be described as a salmon river, except with strict 

 limitations. To this point I shall refer shortly* 

 The Kent is a " late " river, the first fish not making 

 their appearance until towards the latter end of 

 August. From this time until the end of the 

 season (November 14), (later, should the weather 

 remain open), the fish continue to run in increasing 

 quantities until, towards the end of the year, there 

 is a fair show of salmon in the river. Fish from 12 

 to 20 Ibs. are not uncommon, whilst individuals up to 



