The eagerly awaited Hawthorn hatch is well underway with plenty of these terrestrials being blown onto the water.

Although the fish are taking these flies it is not easy to get them to take the artificial.

If we have a good overcast day with a good breeze on they should be a lot easier to tempt.

Anyway with the water temperature starting to rise I would advise everyone "to make hay while the sun shines" as pretty soon they will go off the feed and will only be catchable early morning or late evening.

The recent competition in memory of Jakey raised a total of £525 for Charity.

There were a number of mistakes made with regard to the organisation of the event but they will not be made next year (we will probably make a few new mistakes.)Anyway thanks to everyone who participated and our sponsors (some of who were members of our club) and I look forward to seeing you all again next year.