Customer service is terrible,the fella on the phone was blunt and very unhelpful,when we turned up we’d hired a boat that was full of water and had no anchor.There was another boat already hired which did have an anchor and the two fishermen in it anchored it to the left/best side of the tarn and didn’t move one metre all day. The only ticket available was from 9-5 for £25 ( the boat hire was £15)you could keep 2 fish but no discount for catch and release. As for the fishing itself it was actually very good with most the fish on the top and lots of rising fish,if I ever went again I wouldn’t hire a boat and fish from where the boat was tied up or walk left to the other side provided its not already busy with other fishermen. It was very frustrating when we had to pack in when the trout were rising most frequently.This place is a good fishery but could be so much better with someone just a little more pleasant and helpful who would actually give some useful information,also the 5pm closing time is very annoying.

Dont believe everything you read. Fished in a boat for four hours in the afternoon last Tuesday. Very sunny but a nice breeze blowing. Water very clear. We managed 7 fish all but one on dry flies. Excellent fishery with cracking views. Prices are very reasonable.

Don’t bother visiting. The ridiculous 2020 National Trust imposed fishing restrictions on the guy who operates the fishery, promised to be lifted in 2021, are still scheduled to be kept in place during 2021. These include the prohibiting of anglers accessing the most productive east shore over a 40-50 yard strip of scrub, not allowing walkers and anglers to use the public gate that passes the farm building from the car park which accesses the east shore (high risk of outdoor spreading of Covid 19!). The advice is to go around the barbed wired and the dangerously boggy west shoreline to access the east side, probably tearing your coat as you climb over - If you spend more money and hire a boat you can row past and bypass the 50 ish yards the farmer has blocked. Crazy. Also there is a restriction to the fishing; stop after 5:00PM! A higher Covid risk during the evening? People are freely milling about in the vicinity of the lake at sunset. Paying anglers aren’t allowed to and have to leave the lake. I can walk anywhere in the lakes National Park, including around the lakes, at any time of the day or night, but not this one anymore. All this for the original hefty ticket price. Don’t waste your money....find a more accommodating fishery.

Helen as always,a marvel.

What a disappointment reading the above reviews. I have been coming here for decades and planned a visit or two next week. Not now, I’ll have to go chasing the small brownies on the Derwent or in the main lakes :(

Been coming for over 20 years but it just is Used by the owner as a po box collecting his cash, the fishing is disgusting now, like casting a fly into your bath, stock properly or pass it on to someone who will, It's a disgrace

It remains a fishery with good sized hard fighting rainbows but it has deteriorated since my last visit about a year ago. There is no website and the phone isn't answered but when you arrive after a long journey you find they have stopped issuing 2 fish tickets for £18 and you can only get 4 fish tickets for £25 and you must leave the water at 5 pm on this ticket not 9 pm . A lot of the bank on the east side is now closed off for fishing so there are limited places where you can fish from the bank. There is also a new notice saying that all fish over 4 lbs must be returned and that fishing is by barbless hook only. There are also problems with swimmers and people using inflatable boats. This should all have been made clear on a website which can be seen before you set off to fish

i wouldnt advise anyone to fish here now. I have fished here for uears and it has been a productive great little place. I rang to go today the very arrogant lady on the phone (is always that way) wanted 70 quid just for my girlfriend to sit on the boat with me. I then turned up to bank fish and half the tarn is closed off you can only fish the side with trees and high banks to snag on. Didnt even see a single fish rise looked like it was probably stocked some 12 months ago, its always packed with fishing lads and today there was 1 other person.. sums it up really. Save your hard earned money and go elsewhere lads.

Do not bother, with the onset of the end of Covid lockdown what has always been a great days fishing has dropped to an afternoon dodging blowup kayaks, swimmers and kids throwing stones into the water. Until the national Trust get a grip on this dont waste what is a hefty fee.