From all sources and last night’s meeting, the season has been reasonable but Sept has been poor. Fish were seen in numbers, fresh ones included but relatively few caught. Weather has played its part with severe storms in the middle of the month but this would normally allow good fishing as soon as water levels drop even by a foot. Not so this year with poor results up until the last day of the season.
Visitors continue to stream onto our water so they must like the FAA waters rather than catching fish. Our usual French groups were here for 6 weeks.
The Flood Alleviation team have commenced work on the roads and water’s edge and could be two years before we have our river back. This gives FAA the problem of what water we will be given access to and what restrictions will be in place. It also affects our terms with the Leased waters which we continue to try to purchase outright. Negotiations are ongoing with the latter.
With so much activity planned for the next two seasons with the flood measures, FAA will be giving the opportunity to the Consultants to come to our AGM and openly discuss with the members the affects of their work. AGM planned for 20th Nov at the St. Leonards Church hall.
The River Board had considered extending the season by two weeks commencing in 2013 but no decision has yet been made and will not affect next season.
Returns have not yet been collated for the FAA waters but it would appear that we had a poor Spring, good summer and poor end.
