It’s a year when we….tramped the river banks from Ireland to East Anglia, Cornwall to Scotland giving advice; demolished yet more weirs, delivered a great bunch of habitat projects from the Aire to the Upper Test, and continued to monitor a few for evidence of change; forged new partnerships and worked with loads of volunteers; revamped our journal; had a tremendous Auction and Annual Get Together; said ‘farewell’ to Mike and Ed and ‘welcome’ to Bruno and Nick; mourned the loss of some very good friends, fretted over the drought in the South East, the floods in South Yorkshire and low sea trout stocks in Wales; stood up for trout and rivers facing no water, pollution, habitat destruction and netters; celebrated some tremendous winners at the Conservation Awards; launched the Urban Guidelines at a gathering of Trout in the Townies; and enjoyed members fishing weekends on the Wye and the Kennet.
Phew!
Many thnaks for all your support thruogh the year. Looking forward to more of the same and better in 2020.
Photo gallery of some highlights and lowlights. Click for a larger image.
