The wet weather that we were promised on Friday arrived rather breathless and looking sheepish this morning.  It's been raining on and off all day with quite a stiff south west wind this afternoon.  The river is up a bit, but still well below its best and the cold, windy conditions has deterred riverfly from hatching.

I got an email yesterday from a member that had me laughing out loud.  for those of you who can't or don't visit the club web page here it is in full.

Hi Ian,
   Some while ago when heading to the local newsagent for my morning paper, I was amazed to spot a small roach of about three inches long stuck on the windscreen of a neighbours Jag.It being rather early in the day - about 7am - I rubbed my eyes and did a double take, and thinking that the three pints of Thwaites's consumed the night before were the strongest I'd ever supped, checked again. Sure enough a freshly dead silver fish glued by it's slime, was stuck on the window of the car. Being quite early in the day I failed to spot anyone to confirm what I had spotted, and so carried on to buy my Daily Mail still doubting my own eyes. On the return journey I spotted the owner of the car emerging from his abode about to set off to work,"Phil",I called,"just a minute.Have you seen that fish stuck on your windscreen?" With a not surprisingly puzzled look on his face he asked me to repeat the question."Have you seen the roach stuck on your windscreen"? All the time getting nearer to where the Jag was parked, on arrival at the vehicle I was again stunned, as the pesky piscatorial had just as miraculously disappeared again. Needless to say neighbour Phil was looking at me rather strangely, and not surprisingly slightly backing away from me with a dubious look in his eye as I attempted to describe to him what I had seen not ten minutes before on my outward journey. But lo and behold !
Exactly where I "thought" I saw a fish was the shape of a the missing roach in fish slime on the glass. "Ah! that proves I haven't imagined it", but where on earth has it disappeared to!          The only feasible explanation I could come up with, apart from a very elaborate hoax by an unknown prankster was "birds"! A heron or more likely a gull had picked up the fish from a nearby millpond and dropped it whilst flying over that spot. Then when I moved on descended to pick up its dropped breakfast.Birds are notorious for moving things from place to place in the fishing world, fish spawn, frog spawn, diseases.They have over the ages been blamed for - and probably rightly so-all manner of "Whence It Came" theories and could, quite conceivably, be responsible for fry in the Tarn.If not then at least I got to share my little story with you.

That's a very discerning roach.  If you have to get stuck on a windscreen make sure that the car is one on which you don't mind being seen dead.  I suppose a trout would have nothing less than a Range Rover or Roller.

Ian