Well here we are, the last day of the season for river salmon and Tarn trout.  True to form, after a lovely sunny day it clouded up and came on to rain at about 4pm yesterday.  We had less rain in the night that previously, but the river still looks in good nick for a final fling.  The club Shaman benefited from his manipulation of the weather with two fine salmon on Monday.

I have already seen a couple of members flying through Newhouses on their way up to the Tarn so no doubt we shall be fairly busy today making the most of this final opportunity before rods and lines are packed away and thoughts turn to plans for next season.

Gavin P emailed me yesterday to say that the trees for our planting schemes this autumn have been ordered and will be with me around the 24th of November.  If any member would like a few hours helping to plant these saplings then just ring or email me.  It's not hard work, you just open a slit and literally throw the bare rooted whip into the slit and close it with your boot.  The mature saplings will take a bit more digging in, but nine of these will hardly break a sweat and just think of the offset in your carbon footprint!

There was a review of travelling fly rods in Sunday's Telegraph which I will summarise tomorrow before I move to a weekly diary starting on Sunday.

I'm not too sure at present what the weather holds for today.  It looks showery with a fairly full cloud cover drifting on a westerly breeze.  There are occasional blue breaks though so it might fair up later.

Ian