The first day of spring and this glorious weather continues to light up the dales.  I drove up to Ribblehead yesterday and despite the haze the scenery was stunning lit with a golden diffused light under an azure sky.  It's a frosty start here this morning, but the sun is now burning through and warming everything nicely.  Perfect conditions for stocking the Tarn later today and good fishing weather if a little bright.

I connected the water pump in the hut yesterday morning. This will supply water for washing hands, mugs, teapot, etc, but should not be used for drinking as it comes straight out the Tarn and I can't guarantee that the pump will not impart a slight trace of oil.  Ther is a non return valve between the pump and the inlet so no water can siphon back to contaminate the Tarn.  If you use the sink do please remember to empty the waste bucket sensibly after each use - NOT in the Tarn.

The book shelves in the hut are still empty so if members have any suitable volumes surplus to need do please bring them up.

The geese I mentioned the other day were clearly in passage because they had gone by first thing yesterday.  Looking at my bird book suggests to me that these were probably greylag en route to summer quarters.

Despite the very low water the river seemed to fish well yesterday.  Alan M got two below Horton so we now know that there are wild fish present and feeding all the way down the fishery.  I will post up a couple of pictures of the the seasons first fish later today.

Ian