ISO ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT FISHERIES 



rise well to the fly. This is an early piece of 

 water, the trout being in good condition in 

 March, and going back by the end of August. 

 The Lin Beck flows out of Devoke Water and 

 enters the Esk a little below the King of Prussia 

 Inn. A boat is kept on the tarn, permission for 

 the use of which may be obtained from the 

 steward of the Manor, or through .the landlord of 

 the inn. 



BROTHERS' WATER 



This (40 acres) is one of the best and most 

 easily accessible of the tarns. It is situate 

 about three miles from Patterdale on the Kirk- 

 stone road, and has considerable natural beauty. 

 The Red Screes constitute its watershed, and the 

 becks draining into it are well stocked with yellow 

 brook trout. Its ancient name was Broaderwater, 

 of which Brothers' Water is probably a corruption. 

 The more popular, but probably mythical de- 

 rivation, is from the fact of two brothers having 

 been drowned in it ; but confirmation is wanting 

 The tarn contains trout, pike, perch and eels. 

 The trout are both good in quality and fairly 

 large. The best fish are obtained off the reed-beds 

 between the beck and the road. The north or 

 Patterdale end of the tarn is the shallower, and 

 here the trout are more plentiful, if smaller. The 

 tarn fishes best in a north and south wind, 

 i.e. a wind blowing in the direction of the valley. 

 A boat may be hired from the hotel (close by), and 

 this ought to be taken advantage of. Fish may 

 generally be got between the hotel and the Kirk- 

 stone beck delta. The tarn is a late one ; in this 



