I was up at Turn Dub early this morning dodging the showers to do the August invertebrate check.  In moderately high water I found strong representation in all seven of the usual families present.  There is clearly a seasonal profile to the results as this time there were a lot more gammarus and stonefly than earlier in the season and a check back to the results from last August showed a very similar profile.  So any member planning to nymph the top end should have with them some representation of these two species.

It reaches my ears that two of our illustrious members may be in the process of attempting to recruit a ghilly to row them round the Tarn.  No harm in that I guess and it does help to ease ageing limbs given that the boat can be a real pig to row in even a light breeze.  However, the prospective ghilly in question happens to be a fairly buxom young lady whose normal gainful employment is pulling pints in the Crown Hotel.  My understanding is that she has been promised a fish in exchange for her efforts.  A casual perusal of the fishing log in the hut suggests that if she does "do" for our intrepid  piscators she may be waiting some while for her fish! 

Ian