It's a grey and gloomy start to the morning with the threat of rain later so we will have to wait and see how much we get and how far the river rises.  The rest of the week is forecast as being bright and sunny here so if we do get a significant lift in water levels the salmon fishing come Tuesday or Wednesday might be good.

I understand that at least one small salmon was landed on Saturday.  Mike H wrote to tell me that he had some success with a 6lb fish after the Council meeting so despite water levels being low there are certainly fish to be found in the lower reaches of the fishery.

Edward M mentioned in passing when I saw him at the Tarn yesterday morning that his students might be interested in doing project work there.  We agreed to talk more about this on his return from Devon as a structured scientific study of the Tarn can only help us to understand how we should manage and nurture this unique site and thus preserve its integrity that members value so highly.

Ian