

ADJACENT RIVERS Oi 



trout (Saljno eriox\ about 17 Ibs., in Low Oak Dub, 

 with a salmon-fly, towards the end of August. 



The writer thinks if the fish were properly pro- 

 tected, and illegal fishing and pollution put a stop 

 to, the fishing would greatly improve, the lakes 

 forming an inexhaustible supply. The greater 

 part of the rivers may be fished on taking out the 

 2s. 6d. Association licence, in addition to the rod 

 licence. Further particulars may be had on ap- 

 plying to Mr. Henry Mayson, Lake Road, Keswick. 

 For fishing the rivers above Bassenthwaite Lake 

 Keswick is a convenient place to reside at. 



St. John's Beck 



flows from Thirlmere through the Vale of St. John's, 

 in a northerly direction, and falls into the Greta at 

 Bridge Cottage. Its length is about four miles. 



Commencing at Smeathwaite Bridge and pro- 

 ceeding down the river, the favourite salmon dubs 

 are : Roundle Dub, Old Bridge Stream and Oak 

 Dub (opposite Low Bridge End), Bridge Dub, 

 Busks Dub, Middle Field Dub, Sosgill Bridge 

 Dub, Isles Dub, (below Bram Crag), Bridge House 

 Dub, Thack Brow Dub, Wanthwaite Bridge Dub, 

 Waste Dub (above Mirehouse), Rood Dub (oppo- 

 site Mirehouse), Slewey Dub, Moss Bridge Dub 

 and Wath Dub (above Bridge Cottage). 



The St. John's Beck used to be a capital trouting 

 stream, but owing to the abstraction of water from 

 Thirlmere by the Manchester Corporation, and to 

 the trout not having free access to and from the 

 lake, the trout fishing has somewhat deteriorated, 

 though still good. 



