It's another rather grey start today, but once again the promise is for the sun to break through later just as it did yesterday.  It feels appreciably warmer so there may well be a worthwhile hatch of fly this afternoon. 

It looks as though the Salmon and Trout Association may well put their considerable campaigning weight behind efforts to control the spread of alien crayfish.  Paul B has written to them outlining the dangers that these creatures pose to salmonid ecosystems and the devastating effect that infestations of red signal crayfish in particular can have on salmon and trout recruitment. 

I have acquired a high definition video camera so with a bit of luck this blog may feature video clips in the near future.  That's if I can master the intricacies of the thing and the art of editing whatever I do manage to record.  They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, but I think that the two media need to complement each other so this will not become an extension of YouTube.

I have fixed a cork fly board in the hut so members are invited to put on it any river or Tarn pattern that they would like to share with others.  I will leave a note book on the fly bench for you to record any notes about these patterns that you wish to pass on. 

Ian