152 ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT FISHERIES 



considerable number of fry, but although these suc- 

 ceeded for a time they gradually died out, and not 

 one is to be found in the water to-day. For 

 anglers intending to fish Easedale, Grasmere is the 

 best centre, and lodgings may be had at more than 

 one farmhouse in the vicinity. A boat for hire is 

 kept on the tarn. 



ANGLE TARN 



Angle Tarn (Patterdale) is about 20 acres in ex- 

 tent, and is situate among the Pikes (Martindale 

 Common). Its effluent enters the Goldrill i J miles 

 above Patterdale. The tarn contains trout, pike, 

 perch and eels ; and permission to fish it must be 

 obtained from Lord Lonsdale's Estates offices, 

 Penrith. The tarn is easily accessible, being about 

 3 miles from Low Hartsop, (on the Patterdale and 

 Ambleside road), the best centre from which to fish 

 it. The trout are numerous and fairly good. 



HAYES WATER 1 



Hayes Water (38 acres) is one of the most im- 

 portant tarns from the angler's standpoint. It lies 

 under the north-west side of Kentmere High 

 Street, filling the entire depression between that 



1 Haweswater, Small Water, Blea Water, Brothers' Water, 

 Hayes Water, Angle Tarn, a fishery in Ullswater, the greater 

 part of the Lowther and portions of the Eamont these are 

 subject to the provisions of the Solway Act. It does not 

 prescribe any close time for trout. The whole, or nearly 

 the whole of these waters are not within a Fishery District- 

 These lakes are all private property and as a private re- 

 gulation Lord Lonsdale has kept the close season for trout 

 in the Salmon Acts. 



