Apart from the relentless rain it's been a quiet week with very little to report.  An email at the end of last week suggests that our conservation work at Nanny Carr which we carried out in 2007 may feature in a new northern rivers conservation guide.  I have emailed a few photos of the site before work began and the results of all our efforts so we shall see what comes to pass.

For the first time in what seems like weeks it's turned sunny this morning with almost no breeze and the forecast is for a spell of more settled weather over the next few days.  If that comes to pass then I think that I will do an early invertebrate check to make up for the check that was missed in November due to prolonged high water.

As we have a club Council meeting coming up I pulled together all the stats from the Tarn fishing season just gone.  These show that 2009 was a pretty good year with a total of 290 visits by members and guests, 787 fish caught and 377 returned out of a stocking of 605.  This gives a ratio of catch to visit of 2.70 which is the second highest in the past 5 years.

The quality of fish this year has been exceptional.  I saw every fish that went in and all were in prime condition with full tails and fins, firm bodied and fighting fit.  All credit to Dunsop Bridge.  For the first time ever there was a comment in the Tarn register thanking Council for providing such high quality fishing.  I am happy.

Ian