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and Brock's Edge. This is not a true tarn, but has 

 the configuration of a lake. Its borders are steep 

 but not rugged. It is approached from Hartsop 

 by a rough sledge track. It contains trout and 

 perch, and the former are probably superior to 

 those of any other tarn trout in the district. These 

 average half-a-pound, and are pink-fleshed. This 

 superiority is probably due to the fact that the 

 bottom of the lakelet is almost entirely covered 

 with stony debris. The left bank is the better for 

 fishing, and near the upper end are some rocky 

 shallows which afford good night fishing. The 

 effluent of the tarn flows down Hayes Water Ghyll ; 

 and the Ullswater grey trout occasionally get 

 into the deeper dubs, but are not known to have 

 entered the tarn itself. There is a boat, the key of 

 which is kept at the Brothers' Water Hotel 



STICKLE TARN 



This is a semi-private piece of water (permission 

 is given to fish), n w partly converted into a reser- 

 voir. It lies several hundred feet above the well- 

 known Dungeon Ghyll, and is a lonely sheet of 

 water. Pavey Ark rises abruptly from its brink. 

 It has always been rather famous for its trout, 

 which are beautiful bright fish, and well flavoured. 

 These average about three to the pound. Stickle 

 is a somewhat difficult tarn to fish. In addition to 

 trout it contains pike and perch, but these are 

 poor. As in most tarns, the effluent end affords 

 much the best fishing ; the only exception to this 

 being in flood time, when the trout swarm round 

 the mouth of the beck from Sergeant Man, the only 

 feeder of appreciable and constant volume. Flies, 



