Not quite. The canal no longer extends all the way to Kendal and for boats there is an un-navigable section at Tewitfield. However that does mean very little traffic on this pleasant, but in places, somewhat overgrown fishery. At the northern end the canal now starts at Stainton and finds an open and very scenic ….  Read More

This is a small fishery of not much over three acres lying adjacent to the minor road that leads west from Ireleth village to Poaka Beck Reservoir. The fishing is controlled by Barrow Angling Club who stock the water with both rainbow and brown trout. It is a pleasant enough little fishery although somewhat overshadowed ….  Read More

High Newton is probably the best ‘top of the water’ rainbow trout fishery in Cumbria and can provide exhilarating sport to the dry fly at any time of the year. This eleven acre former reservoir occupies an elevated position with a fantastic outlook over the Coniston Fells, the Cartmel Valley and out to Morecambe Bay. ….  Read More

High Fairbanks Tarn is one of WADAA’s more recent fisheries and one of the best. This is a large productive fishery of eleven acres in an elevated setting above Ings and holds very good stocks of brown and rainbow trout. The Association stocks annually and the water is managed as a catch and release fishery only. ….  Read More

Small , but perfectly formed, this little one and a half acre tarn can be found some fifteen minutes off the Skelwith Bridge to Coniston Road alongside the footpath to Tarn Hows. WADAA used to stock this fishery but have now left it entirely to the stock of smallish, wild brownies – with the odd ….  Read More

Hayeswater is a 34 acre tarn set high in the wild open spaces of the eastern fells. The tarn is best approached from Hartsop village which lies at the foot of Kirkstone Pass near Brotherswater. At 1,400ft above sea level the fishery is a somewhat strenuous mile and half from the car – but, for ….  Read More

The drowned village of Mardale lies beneath the surface of this large and fairly remote reservoir – its abandoned fields occasionally appearing during periods of drought as rather ghostly reminders of times gone by. In its place is now an excellent wild fishery with a thriving population of perfectly marked brown trout. You will be ….  Read More

At around twenty acres, Harlock is the largest of a chain of three water supply reservoirs on the high ground to the west of Ulverston. The fishing on the reservoir is controlled by Barrow Angling Club who manage this water as a brown trout fishery. The fishing is best in the first half of the ….  Read More

Gurnal Dubs is a small reservoir overlooking Staveley. The tarn sits almost 1,000 above sea level on the slopes of Potter Fell and is approached via a tortuous unmade track off the back road from Staveley to Garnett Bridge. Fishing is fly only for stocked and wild brown trout and the fishery is managed by ….  Read More

A largish tarn, enjoy the mountain scenery with a relatively short walk. Grisedale Tarn lies above Dunmail Raise at the southern end of the Helvelyn ridge and can be reached (by a reasonably fit angler) in forty five minutes from the top of Dunmail. The most productive areas are either side of the outflow but ….  Read More