28 ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT FISHERIES 



THE LUNE 



The Lime, which is on the confines of the Lake 

 District proper, deserves mention if only for the 

 beauty of the scenery of the valley " one of the 

 loveliest in England " Ruskin calls it through 

 which it flows. Its banks are everywhere well 

 wooded, and an angler might spend a delightful 

 holiday either on its higher, middle, or lower 

 reaches. As the Lune, however, does not come 

 directly within the scope of this work, its capabili- 

 ties as a salmon and trout river can only be 

 indicated generally. 



Having its source in Ravenstonedale, the Lune 

 runs for the greater part of its course of fifty miles 

 in Westmorland. It has a good gravelly bottom, 

 and, from the varied nature of its reaches, it is 

 admirably adapted to the Salmonidce and it 

 teems with trout. Until it reaches Lancaster 

 it is free from pollution, and, owing to its great 

 clearness the angler should, if he has the requisite 

 skill, fish hair in preference to gut. Although a nice 

 basket of trout may generally be had in the 

 Lune, it is best to take the river in spate, 

 or on a day following a spate, when a pannier 

 may be filled. 



Tebay (on the L. and N. W. Railway) marks 

 the first point where trout fishing may be said 

 to commence. Here the fish run four or five to the 

 Ib. They are well fed and fight well ; and not 

 unfrequently panniers of 8 Ibs., 10 Ibs., and 12 Ibs. 

 are obtained. The trout increase in size as the 

 river reaches Kirkby Lonsdale, where it broadens 

 out, and the trout are, of course, larger. Lower 

 still, and towards Lancaster, some splendid trout 



