174 ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT FISHERIES 



LOCHLEVEN TROUT (Salmo levenensis) 



There is much to be said for the Lochleven 

 trout being a distinct species, and Dr. Giinther is of 

 this view. My own opinion is that it is a variety 

 only but this is stated with all respect to the 

 eminent authority just mentioned. This trout is 

 well known as occurring in Windermere, and the 

 majority of fish got by trolling here belong to this 

 variety. Out of a number of large fish which I 

 caught in the lake during the 1898 season, two 

 only were brown trout, the remainder Lochlevens. 

 In Windermere, I have never upon a single occa- 

 sion taken this fish when fly-fishing from the shore 

 or from a boat a striking reversal of the experi- 

 ence of known facts on Lochleven. Lochleven 

 trout have been turned down in the Lden and Kent, 

 and in the latter river, at all events, have proved 

 fairly successful. 



THE BULL TROUT (Salmo eriox) 



Throughout the Lake District the bull-trout is 

 almost invariably believed to be a true species, but 

 all the specimens which have been submitted to 

 competent authorities have been referable to the 

 salmon-trout or the common brown-trout. How- 

 ever, the fish which is known as the bull-trout 

 is found in Windermere 1 W^astwater, Ennerdale 



1 A gentleman who had fished Windermere practically all 

 his life writes me as follows : " Every year this fish appears 

 in greater or smaller numbers and varying in weight from 

 \ Ib. to 7 Ibs., although the latter weight is very exceptional. 

 .... Most of the so-called salmon seen or caught in the 

 lake and its tributaries, especially the Troutbeck, are neither 



