It rained a lot in the night and whilst the river is not bank full there is a pretty healthy flow this morning which should encourage a few salmon to move up.  The forecast for today is for showers.  It's dull and overcast, but the clouds don't look particularly threatening so I doubt if we will get any substantial rainfall.

Gavin P emailed me at the end of last week with the offer of more trees which Council have gladly accepted.  I will now go and get landowners agreement to put these in within the existing buffer strips on the river.  My plan is to plant some more mature saplings on the lower river between Cragghill farm and Helwith Bridge.  There are a number of old trees here which are reaching the end of their natural life and some long open stretches that could benefit from a little cover.  This will also address another of the recommendations in the WTT report we had done back in 2006 so we continue to make steady progress with this.

Brian T seemed delighted with getting so close to his first salmon on Saturday.  It seems to be becoming a club tradition that new salmon fishers get teir first tast of success the morning after the Hot Pot supper.  A good way of driving out the hang overs and muzzy heads.

Ian