hi all! i am heading up to the lakes very soon to do some free fishing amongst other things & wondered if anybody fishes it regular enough to tell me which patterns currently work well around that neck of the woods aswell as any good reputable free fly fishing spots too! i will be staying in the loweswater area for a few days & will be visiting ullswater, ennerdale windermere etc.. throughout my stay so any solid advice & fishing knowledge of these areas would be great! i won't get much time for fishing so i am wanting to cut out as much time wasting as possible whilst there! thanks in advance!

for all the lakes traditional patterns work very well.

Haweswater is a favourite of mine, dries on the surface ( black sedge, midge, gnats etc) work very well.

try a black pennel and some zulus while your there. park at the bottom end( other end to the dam) and ignore the first bay unless you see any rising. walk round to the next bay, takes about 10-15mins. thats the bay that seems to hold a larger number of fish.

ullswater, again top end near glenridding and portinscale. form the bank is great sport as the fish are close in, again usual patterns.

while at ullswater you may as well go to brothers water, 10 mins drive. holds perch, trout and char i think. never caught a char form there. limits on where you can fish. western shore only i think but double check.

also, angle tarn is definitely worth a go. bit of a hike but beautiful fish up there.
hope this helps

TL.

Cal

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thanks for the advice much appreciated!

forgot to keep you posted but we found haweswater the most productive on my trip to the lakes! i was slightly worn out after taking your advice and proceeding on a "bit of a hike" upto angle tarn lol.. that actaully took the 4 of us over 2 hours to reach it! wasnt very productive that day & the weather was also poor so we didnt stick around for too long there either! we found a slightly ropey shortcut for the route back down which saved a lot of time but was definately not for the faint hearted! we are going back for 5 days on the 20th of august to have another attempt at angle tarn & also for some more fishing at haweswater which are both very beautiful places to fish! thanks for the advice!