A rather depleted group completed the main river fly check this morning.  Mind you, it wasn't just the group that was depleted.  Both the river and the number of beasties caught were on the meagre side.  We did find representations of most of the 7 families that we check at both sites so my guess is that the low numbers are simply due to the time of year (many nymphs have hatched now) and the almost dry conditions.  It was a glorious morning so the three of us spent a very pleasant hour and a half messing about with bugs and water.

Attention transfers to the Tarn tomorrow with plans now set to begin the big crayfish survey. You will notice traps set around the margins of the Tarn most of this week so please try to keep clear of these when fishing.  The results we obtain will hopefully give us an idea of how the population of native crayfish is getting on. Data will be collected on the health, size and sex of the creatures caught.  The total number trapped will also provide a means of extrapolating the total population present.  More on this in due course.

Ian