After a thoroughly wet, windy and miserable night I can now see just a glimmer of blue  in the northern sky as I sit here typing this at 8.30.  The upside of the rain is that the river is currently rising and might provide some reasonable salmon fishing later in the day when the colour drops out and the flow begins to fall off.  The stiff north west wind is also moderating fast and should be just a gentle breeze in a couple of hours. (I hope!)

It's good to see so many of our new members fishing regularly.  As I was walking back from the Tarn yesterday pondering the problem of how to round up a dozen gimmers that had broken through the lane side wall at Cow Pasture I met Edward M on his way to try the Tarn.  It was a misty, still and deathly quiet morning with nothing moving in the water so it will be interesting to see how he got on when I check the returns later this morning.  As for the gimmers, after being driven up the lane towards Birkwith by a van they were shoved back where they came from.

Why is it that after spending an extra hour in bed on account of the clocks going back last night I wake up feeling like I slept with someones foot in my mouth? It happens every year and even going to bed an hour later to compensate seems to make little difference.  Perhaps I should just get up an hour earlier and gradually adjust by rising 10 minutes later every day until I catch up.

Ian