KhKid, if you don't mind a hike then you gotta try Hayeswater. High up in the hills above the village of Hartsop. It's a near vertical ascent for a good hour so travel light, but if I can manage it on 20 fags a day then so can you! There's a car park (base camp!) towards the back of the village.
It's wild and beautiful up there like the fish, but if you pick your day then you should manage a fish or two. The front third of the lake kinda shelves off quickly after a few feet of a shallow ledge. Don yer polaroids,Cast a team of three traditionals (Bibio - Greenwells - Black & Peacock or something like that) across the drop off, stroke them back and watch for the beauties shooting out of the dark! Cast and step cast and step and youl'll cover one bank in an hour or two and hopefully charm a fish or three. It's exciting stuff and decent fish too. I caught 3 in as many hours on my short visit there - smallest half a pound,biggest 1.25 lb. The top end flattens out and shallows off.Given the conditions, you'll get a rise there.
Give it a shot mate. You won't be dissappointed.
I think the ticket is about a fiver from tourist info in Windermere.
Last edited by Scratch; 17-05-2007 at 10:17 PM.
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