This really is too much of a good thing.  Three glorious days on the trot, a record for this summer and it's even better this morning as the north wind has backed to the west and fallen to a gentle breeze.  The river is a bit low after a dry week, but the pools are still full and should offer good trout fishing.  The Tarn should be on top form as this warm weather will encourage surface feeding so dry fly should be well worth trying.

Some fishermen, of course need, no fancy gear to land the most spectacular Scottish salmon.  They simply hang around in the estuaries chatting and playing tag, waiting for the fish to run and then move in quickly to snatch the fish as they pass up river.  There has been much just recently in the papers and on TV about bottle nosed dolphins and their taste for fresh Scottish salmon with many pictures of their skill in catching big fish.  I'm not sure what impact they have on overall salmon stocks, but compared to other challenges that the salmon face including coastal and marine netsmen I guess not much.  They really are a delight to watch and seem to know that they are being filmed so put on a display for the camera.  Perhaps a pet dolphin would make catching Ribble salmon a bit easier.  You could use them like the Chinese use cormorants although I guess that getting the fish off them would be a bit more of a battle.  A three meter dolphin is a bit more of a handfull than a cormorant.

Ian