It's a foggy morning so far, but the sun keeps threatening to burn through so the prospects for another fine sunny day look fairly good.  Yesterday was a stunner and the warm weather brought a number of members to the Tarn and river albeit with mixed results.  One member discovered the impossibility of catching trout if you have only half a hook on the end of your leader.  This problem was compounded by the later discovery that on a subsequent dressing the hook had closed up.  To cap a fairly eventful day he also had the bad luck to lose a fish that had been brought to hand on the leader when a further fish hit the dropper hard and dislodged the hooked fish.  Not the best of days.

We now have the start of a decent little library at the hut thanks to the generosity of Rob S.  There are a few very good books available for those times when the fish refuse to cooperate or the weather necessitates a hasty retreat to the hut.  I have complemented these books with a fair few Trout and Salmon Magazines.

I am getting some very positive comments about the quality of the fish we stocked into the Tarn last month.  There is general consensus that these are the best fish we have had for many years being of very solid body, fighting fit and ready feeders.  They seem to be a bit to eager to take at present as some visits have resulted in a full catch quota in short order, but the answer is to take a more relaxed approach and enjoy the comfort of the hut, interspersing  your fishing with quiet periods of reflection and some edifying reading.

The river remains in quite good water despite the recent lack of rain.  It's certainly fishable above Horton although, as yet, our wild brownies are not rushing to the take.

Ian