After working like Trojans over the past few days we now have two of the four concrete dams erected at Ling Gill and the shuttering in place for the remaining two.  Tomorrow should see all the dams in place and work moving on to clearing the beck bed ready for the water to be returned during next week.

We had a visit from a world expert on crayfish this morning who expressed confidence that the plan will work.  As I have  said before nothing like this has ever been attempted anywhere so Paul is very much at the cutting edge of experiment and learning and the knowledge gained here will influence plague eradication projects all over the world.

I have a day off tomorrow, a chance for aching muscles to recover and my 54 years and 11 months old body to repair itself.

For some time now new members (and some longer standing ones) have been asking for a way of sharing information, knowledge their experience of fishing at Horton, in fact almost anything fishing related. Modern web technology combined with the generosity of Neil P and my own slow progress up a steep learning curve has resulted in a members only intranet which enables registered users to post content through any web browser.

The site launched today at www.angli-vespers.org and all those members whose email address I have are now registered as users and can access the site.  If you haven't received an email from me with your log in details then I have not got an email address for you.  If you are a member of the MAA and want access to the site then just email me at keeper@manchester-anglers.org.uk or phone me on the number on the last club Newsletter.

I have done my bit, it's up to you lot now to make the site a success.

Ian