Guess what - yep, you got it, it rained pretty well all day here yesterday and by last evening the river was in full flood.  Precipitation seems to have given over during the night so the flood is now falling back, but the water is heavily coloured and my estimate is that it will be late afternoon before we have decent trout water.  The salmon should be on the move though and it may be worth seeking them on the deeper runs between the pools where they lie up in slacker water.

Apart from all that it's quite windy here at present wit a stiff north westerly sweeping across the valley.  It's also unseasonably cold - definitely two waistcoat weather.

It looks like Simon will need to come out of retirement.  There is a semi resident cormorant at the Tarn and where you have one you fairly soon get others so we will have to do what we can to persuade this particular uninvited guest to move elsewhere and certainly before the final stocking next week.

Ian