u6 ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT FISHERIES 



BUTTERMERE 



Buttermere lies in the depression between Robin- 

 son and Hindscarth two mountains which rise 

 abruptly from its brink on the east, and by Hay- 

 stacks, High Crag, High Stile and Red Pike on 

 the west. 



It is ij mile long, and about J mile broad. 

 Neither Buttermere nor Crummock, with which 

 it is connected by a stretch of meadow, are at 

 any great elevation ; the former being 330 feet 

 above sea level, the latter 320 feet. 



The lake contains trout, char, pike and perch, 

 and, on the whole, the angling may be considered 

 good. The lake is preserved, but permission to 

 fish may be obtained through the proprietor of the 

 two inns the "Buttermere" and the "Victoria." 

 There is no boat for public hire, but the use of the 

 hotel boat may be obtained. 



The best fishing months are April, May and 

 September ; l and among the most killing flies are 

 the following : March brown, woodcock with 

 orange body, and hare-lug ; a fly like Green- 

 well's glory, an exaggerated blue dun, a black 

 spider, red palmer, and coch-y-bundhu, a bloa 

 wing and dark body, light woodcock wing, with a 

 fuzzy yellow body, and an alder fly, that is, grouse 

 hackle or wing, and peacock herl body. I quote 

 from an angler who has frequently fished the lake. 



Those who fish Buttermere should not omit to 

 try the fly after dark, especially in hot weather. 

 Two flies on the cast are enough, and these may 



1 A good deal of fishing is done here in July and August, 

 but holiday anglers will not find the trout to rise and hold as 

 in the earlier months mentioned. 



