50 ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT FISHERIES 



leave in private water. It empties into the Eden 

 half a mile above Carlisle. No salmon can get up 

 the Petterill. 



TJie Caldew 



The Caldew rises in the hills about Caldbeck, 

 and is a very rapid stony-bottomed stream, with 

 few good gravel beds for the supply of insect food. 

 Consequently, the trout, though numerous enough, 

 are small as a rule and poor in quality, coming into 

 condition quite a month later than the Petterill trout. 

 Yet the Caldew affords a certain amount of sport 

 to many anglers. In the greater part of it the water 

 is partially open to the public, though a stretch 

 of about a mile just above Carlisle is now in the 

 hands of the Carlisle Angling Association. Only a 

 small charge is made for the use of this piece of 

 water. The Caldew is in the same unfortunate 

 position as the Petterill as regards poaching. The 

 Eden Fishery District extends only as far up as 

 Hawksdale Bridge near the village of Dalston, so 

 that the water above is the happy hunting ground 

 for the shackle-netters. When the Fishery Board 

 was formed in 1870, the upper proprietors in these 

 two little rivers made a successful objection to 

 bring them into the licence duty area, but now 

 some of them are clamouring for admission. No 

 salmon can get over the weir at Holme Head, 

 which is within the city boundaries. Below this 

 autumn fish often spawn, but, as most of the water 

 is abstracted for the use of the numerous mills, and 

 runs down a dam course direct to the Eden, the 

 young fry hatched in the river fall an easy prey to 

 the Carlisle boys in dry weather 



