The Derwent has the distinction of starting its life from Styhead Tarn – officially the wettest place in England with well over three metres of rain a a year. The river then runs through the lovely Borrowdale valley before emptying into Derwent Water at Grange in Borrowdale. Upstream of the lake the river is delightful; ….  Read More

Both the Dee and Clough begin their lives on the limestone of the pennine watershed flowing west to join the Rawthey at Sedbergh before entering the Lune a couple of miles downstream. The Dee drains the lovely valley of Dentdale and holds a reasonable head of trout with some good sized fish here and there. ….  Read More

This short rivers drains Coniston Water and enters the Leven estuary at Greenodd. Being lake fed it is invariably clear even during periods of high flow and holds its level far longer than the neighbouring spate rivers. The river is not noted for its trout fishing, the main interest being sea trout and salmon. Stocks ….  Read More

The Cocker is a major tributary of the Derwent and has its beginnings up on Honister Pass before passing through Buttermere and Crummock to join the Derwent at Cockermouth. Although the Cocker was once a notable river for migratory fish the runs of sea trout have seriously declined. Salmon numbers too have fallen and the ….  Read More

This small spate river drains the high ground between Wasdale and Ennerdale and can be subject to very rapid and often spectacular floods during periods of heavy rain – indeed parts of the river appear flood ravaged on a permanent basis. Below Calder Bridge the river runs through the middle of the giant Sellafield nuclear ….  Read More

This delightful small river drains the limestone country at the southern extremity of the county before emptying into the Kent estuary below Milnthorpe. The Bela is untypical of most cumbrian rivers and in places is almost chalkstream like with smooth glides and beds of ranunculus. Trout grow well in this rich stream and are of ….  Read More