It's very much a Keats morning, one of 'mists and mellow fruitfulness'.  We have blue sky for the first time in months and the sun is breaking through the veil of mist hanging in the valley.  All in all a perfect autumn morning.  The river has now fallen back to just above normal levels.  It's still a little dark, but trout are taking well (even salmon flies) and the run up to the end of the trouting season on 30 September looks good.  There is still also time for sea trout before their season ends on 15 October and of course salmon are still fair game until the end of next month. 

I plan to stock the Tarn next Wednesday so long as the S30 permit arrives in time. A check of the status of the application shows that it is with Natural England for consultation at the moment.  This is due to the need to be absolutely sure that the source water is free of non native crayfish. So far the source at Washburn has been fine so I am hoping that this check is a mere formality.

It really is one of those mornings when you should be out on the river so my advice is to bunk off work and get up here.

Ian