It's yet another glorious, bright sunny morning with a definite tang of autumn in the air.  A perfect day for fishing as was yesterday afternoon and it was good to see so many members enjoying the benefits of of the Tarn.  The fishing was not easy mind you.  With a heavy hatch of sedge fish were taking just below the surface and proving hard to tempt to the fly, but some of those present got a full bag.

Here is a conundrum to set those little grey cells working. I keep my livestock proven in galvanised metal bins that are allegedly rat proof so imagine my surprise when I lifted the lid on the mixed corn bin this morning to feed my ducks to find 6 small rats tearing round the bin like cyclists on the wall of death.  How the hell did they get in there.  I know that scientists working in Papua New Guinea have just found a new species of giant woolly rat.  Maybe they should be looking closer to home because I seem to have one here that is capable of lifting a steel lid to allow its offspring to feed.  As they say, answers on a postcard please.

Here is yet another book to add to your Christmas list and your book shelf.  One of our esteemed members has written a book on local fly patterns and you can now pre order this from all good book shops and from Amazon.  Just ask for "The Guide to Tying North Country Flies" by Mike Harding.  It's offered by Amazon at a discount price of £10.49 which for 192 lavishly illustrated pages is pretty good value.

Ian