It's a much better morning so far with a fair bit of cloud but much less wind than yesterday.  The river is quite high after a fair bit of rain in the night.  However, it looks perfectly fishable and will improve quickly as the colour drops out during the morning.  I think that there is a strong chance of showers during the day as the cloud is tending to thicken as it drifts in from the west.

It looks as if we have sufficient numbers to make up a riverfly monitoring party on 8 September and the plan is to sample each of the three sites we identified as providing good data for the fishery as a whole.  The aim is to involve some who were unable to attend the training day back in May so that the skills involved can be disseminated across a good number of club members.  If any member reading this would like to be involved then do please contact me.  If space is available then we will certainly try to involve you.  Do remember that I have the training CD ROM that you can borrow to familiarise yourself with the techniques involved in this fascinating adjunct to fly fishing and dressing.

We have a couple of guests fishing today including one junior so fingers crossed for suitable weather and water conditions.  It really does make a difference when they can fish the waters in optimum conditions.

Ian