Its been a real scorcher here today. Possibly the warmest day of the year so far and the river seemed to be steaming this afternoon.
In the relative cool of early morning I visited the Tarn and put up a flock of around two dozen Canada geese. With much honking they made their way down river towards Horton leaving the Tarn in peaceful solitude with just the calls of lapwing and curlew.
The Tarn is fishing remarkably well at present with 16 visits producing a total of 55 fish. It’s good to see new members enjoying considerable success. I suspect that I shall soon be receiving complaints that the fishing is too easy.
I met a prospective member yesterday morning down at New Inn. We stood by the bridge abutment for around an hour and in that time saw innumerable rises. Fish were cruising the rocks above the bridge. Swimming up the eddys then drifting back on the light current to begin the journey again. There was a hatch of big yellow mayflies, but fish seemed to be more interested in small flies on the water.
It’s forecast to be a warm week with the possibility of thundery showers on Tuesday so the river is likely to remain low for the time being. However, as we saw yesterday there are plenty of fish around and the deeper pools will offer some sport.
Ian