This is a bit late today as I have only just got around to turning on the PC.  We failed to get the bad weather that was promised to us yesterday so the river is now only moderately full, but still quite fishable.  It's quite a decent day so far with plenty of sunshine, a light breeze and it feels warmer than of late.  We should get a good hatch of fly this afternoon on both Tarn and river.

I went out last evening just as it was getting dark to shut away the hens and watched a display of aerobatics courtesy of the local bat population which has now emerged from hibernation.  These tiny creatures seem attracted to the big sycamore in the garden and I guess that the tree harbours an insect population on which the bats feed.  There seemed to be a good number flying so the hard winter we have just come through has not had too severe impact on their numbers.  This warmer weather will encourage the fly life to take wing and provide a good meal to list the bats body weight after the privations of hibernation.  I have never seen any sign of these creatures in my loft so my assumption is that they roost and breed in the barns around the farm.

Horton is now filling up with Easter visitors so the job for the next few days is a wander to the likely spots on the river to deter the opportunist worm drowner from making merry with our wild trout.

Ian