could anyone tell me if there is a definitive guide anywhere about which tarns actually do contain trout? last week my wife and i had a cracking week camping, hillwalking and a little flyfishing but local knowledge(keswick). seemed very hard to find. any info would be very welcome.

Here you go...

Welcome to Lake District Fishing .net

and from our own forum:

Lake District - Mountain Tarns

enjoy

Oh, and Angle Tarn defo has trout, 'cos I caught (and released) one on Saturday (We also caught on Brotherswater and Hayeswater (£8/day))

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Which ones are you interested in Terry? I should be able to assist.......

Matt

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as well as the fly fishing my wife and i really enjoy the hillwalking. i was hoping for a general guide to the tarns so next time we can plan our fellwalking around the areas that contain trout.

Thinking of fishing Hayeswater one evening next week - any hints or tips gratefully received

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Hi Ben
We had a difficult day on Hayeswater Sat – the conditions were breezy with a ripple mostly, but VERY bright!
Fish were topping most of the day (10am-5pm) despite the brightness, tho many were too far out to cast to. We tried all kinds of dries and emergers but couldn’t crack what they were taking. I did see a lot of “mayfly” family flies – one landed on my knee (see blurry pic below) and it looked maybe BWO?
One of us caught on a claret ”creeper” – a shop bought fly looking like a large nymph, about 15ft down slow retrieve.
On Angle same evening there was a massive caenis hatch (I was covered in them) and I caught on top with a sz18 caenis. Also caught on a sz20 black midge and they went nuts for a red body beetle pattern
Hayeswater Dun:

Hayeswater (bright!)


(Derek's) Hayeswater Brownie:


Wild Camp @ Angle Tarn on Sat/Sun:

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stunning photos what a cracking wild camping site

Moss eccles tarn was brilliant... tough fishing but absolutly breathtaking scenery

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