Well, the Horton Gala seemed to go off well yesterday despite the rather damp and gloomy weather.  A lot of folk turned out and seemed to enjoy themselves.  We even had a glimmer of sun during the afternoon.  The Hon Sec brought along his ferrets to engage in ferret bingo and made a bit of money for the Gala fund.  The main attraction of the ferrets seemed to be in cuddling them so perhaps we should run a 'cuddle the ferret' stall next year it would probably make more money.  Two other ferrets were present and one of these charming young ladies decided to snack on my hand.  It's not easy removing a recalcitrant ferret from the back of your right hand when it's clearly disinclined to let go.

The rain over the past 24 hours has lifted the river a touch so it fished quite well yesterday evening.  The Hon Sec got 5 fish between Cragghill and the Pipe Pool, 4 at around 3/4 lb and one at 6inches.  He also spotted a mink down near the pipe so that will need to be dealt with this week.

I have just got back from the Tarn which looks good in the brighter weather we have here today. The swans and cygnets still seem OK, but the water was far too choppy to witness any rises. A look at the returns for last week shows that fishing was very rewarding with an average of 3.5 fish caught per member visit.  Full details on Angl Vespers.

After a brief lay off I will get the hut refurbishment finished this week.  The bench will be covered, the pump set working and various tidying jobs completed.  The next spell of settled weather should give me a chance to attend to the outside which needs cleaning down and painting.  Then it should last for a few years.

Ian