The majority of the swims can be fished with an 11-metre pole tight to the islands and often respond best to loose fed maggots and casters.

As with many of the other British Waterways Makin Fisheries, good results are regularly had by fishing less than two feet deep although in colder weather fishing on the bottom is usually better.

Solid with carp, barbel, orfe, roach and skimmers, it is often the case that anglers need to use small cubes of meat to sort out the better fish. However, there is no need for carp crunching poles on most of the lakes as the average size of the fish stocked is between 8oz and 1lb 8oz. As a result only a size 10 elastic is recommended. However, when fishing Derwent Pool it pays to scale up your tackle as the carp in here run to 15lbs.

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