Another damp and dismal day here at Horton.  Just enough rain to be a pest without really adding much benefit to a rather low river.  Still, it's good to see one new member having some success with our wild fish yesterday afternoon despite conditions being far from ideal.  Barry P has put an article on the club website asking for a few tips to help improve his success on the river.  A short article from one of our river experts would be very welcome on the website particularly as the club is now recruiting an increasing number of new members who are unfamiliar with the capriciousness of the upper Ribble.  So come on there must be a frustrated author out there bursting to share hard won knowledge.

I have been laid up all this week with a dodgy knee which seems to have been caused by an allergic reaction to midge bites.  Since Sunday I have been hobbling around and unable to get to either river or Tarn.  Happy to say that it seems to be getting better so a day spent mink spotting and catching up on other jobs is planned for tomorrow.

Ian