t2o ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT FISHERIES 



upon this he took his stand. They were the March 

 brown, Wickham fancy, and Zulu. Later in the 

 season he used the black gnat ; and, when they 

 came on, the green and grey Drakes otherwise he 

 almost invariably fished the cast mentioned. 



Good trout are taken by trolling, the best time 

 for which is on a warm evening when the water is 

 unruffled. Natural and artificial minnows make the 

 best baits. The fish got by trolling are, of course, 

 heavier than those taken with the fly ; and those 

 got from a boat are, in turn, larger than those caught 

 from the side. By trolling, the fish run from f Ib. 

 to I J Ib. and up to 2\ Ibs. and 3 Ibs. 



Occasionally a single char is taken when trolling 

 with a small spoon. 1 Some actual fishings in 

 Crummock are as follows : 12 fish ; 15 fish ; 16 fish 

 (7 Ibs.) ; 38 fish (12 Ibs.) taken partly from boat 

 and partly from bank, reducing the weight ; 40 fish 

 (nearly 20 Ibs.) two rods, in May. 2 



1 "An occasional char may be taken by trailing when 

 rowing from one part of the lake to another. A friend of 

 mine tells me he once caught one on his fly, which was 

 trailing behind the boat as he changed his beat ; but the 

 best chance is with one of those spoons which revolve on a 

 pin and have a bit of red yarn tied so as to hide the hook 

 not too large a size, and weighted so as to spin pretty deep 

 with sixty yards of line out. Sometimes, I am told, if you 

 are a lucky and persevering individual, you can by this 

 means get four or five char in a day, averaging \ Ib. each ; 

 but you must not expect another such day for a considerable 

 time, and unless you keep on persevering you may miss it 

 altogether." 



2 " I find noted for two rods per day, baskets (some of 

 which were taken from the shore) of 11 trout up to 19 trout ; 

 also 31 trout, weighing ic4 Ibs. ; 49 trout, i6| Ibs. ; 11 trout 

 in -2\ hours ; 39 trout, 13 Ibs. ; 37 trout, about 12 Ibs. So 

 far this season 8 or 9 trout per boat has been the rule, but 



