It's a grim start again today with a bitingly cold north west wind blowing along some mean showers.  The forecast gives hope that the wind will drop by this afternoon, but the rain may increase by evening so expect the river to be high and coloured tomorrow.  We should consider ourselves lucky that the weather is about the worst threat to safety whist fishing at Horton.  One member has just emailed me some photos which show in graphic detail the risks posed to fishermen in some parts of the world.  Crocodiles are not common at Horton so we are unlikely to suffer the fate of the individuals or individual in these photos.  They show a captured croc together with its stomach contents which include human arms and legs.  Nice!  Keep a eye out when you are next fishing up a Selside you just never know!

Better news reaches me via Paul B who rang to tell me that all the funding is now agreed for the North Ribblesdale crayfish project and work will start very soon to restore our native crayfish to the river as well as conduct a thorough survey of the Tarn population which has not been done since 2002.  Paul also tells me that a further step has been taken in the battle to control the spread of non native crayfish species so all in all a good week for Austropotamobius pallipes.

Ian