192 ANGLING 



houis ; and when the waters have been in first-rate order 

 after a summer's rain, and the minnow heen employed, 

 the heavy fish we have seen captured have more than 

 once been so great, to our own knowledge, that the angler 

 had to leave them behind him. The trout of the Eden, 

 on such occasions, take any kind of fly very greedily ; 

 but when the waters are very much reduced from a long 

 continuance of dry weather, and become very clear, then 

 the finest tackle and small-sized flies are indispensably 

 requisite. 



The salmon becomes tolerably plentiful as the angler 

 approaches to the city of , Carlisle. In the stretches of 

 water that encircle it, consisting of long and deep pools, 

 there are always a great number of fish to be found ; 

 and a good curl on the surface, with a suitable fly, will 

 scarcely ever fail of bringing some of them to the bank. 

 There are a number of very skilful anglers in this town ; 

 and it is an excellent place to obtain such kind of flies 

 as are most in request, not only in the Eden, but 

 in other neighbouring streams. The manufacture of 

 these artificial flies is grounded on long observation and 

 experience, and a constant habit of paying attention 

 to every phase of fly-fishing. On this account, any 

 purchase of flies, either for salmon or trout, may he 

 safely depended upon as likely to answer the end 

 desired. 



The other angling streams worthy of attention are the 

 Eainont, the Duddon, the Ehen, the Denoent, the Greta, 

 the Coclier, the Ellen, the Weaver, the Wampool, the 

 Oaldew, the Peterel, the Esh, the Liddal, the Line or 

 Leven, the Irtliing, and the Oeet. 



The Eamont springs out of UUs-water Lake, near to 

 Pooley Bridge, and falls into the Eden near to Carlton. 

 If the angler should be in the vicinity of the town of 

 Penrith, he can readily make his way to some of the 

 best fishing streams of the Eamont. Its trout are both 

 numerous and of good size, and excellent sport may be 

 obtained during the whole of the fishing season. 



The Duddon constitutes the boundary-line between a 

 part of the counties of Cumberland and Lancashire. It 



