WILD TROUT TRUST REPORT
The Wild Trout Trust were invited to Cromford a few weeks ago and have now completed their report with very interesting advice on how best to manage our river, and I urge you all to read it. The full report is available at the bottom of the Environmental page or in Documents in the Members Area.
Latest Kick Sample Results
On Wednesday 24th May Bob Lomax, Chris Heath and Jonathan Park took some kick samples in various spots down at Provost's for a total of 3 minutes. We then went back to the lodge to sort through the invertebrates with the following results (we even had a couple hatching as we were counting!):
Blue Winged Olive. 14 (2)
Olives. 100+ (3)
Heptagenid 50+ (2)
Mayfly 1 (1)
Gammarus 13 (2)
Case Caddis 30 (2)
Caseless Caddis 21 (2)
Stonefly 3 (1)
The figures in brackets are the points scored as set out by the Riverfly Partnership - 1 point for 1-10, 2 points for 11-100, and 3 points for 100+
Total points 15 which is a good result given previous readings.
Missing Ladders
Mark Thomas left a set of concertina steps/ladder in the Lodge last year for putting up signs but they seem to have disappeared when he looked for them today – anybody know what’s happened to them or borrowed them? It’s no big issue but he’d like them back at some point please!