tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31656119258077757832024-03-13T04:10:22.819-07:00RIVER KEEPERMARK WHITEHEADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907618497693510132noreply@blogger.comBlogger1453125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165611925807775783.post-79308641306299458062021-05-27T01:05:00.001-07:002021-05-27T01:13:56.875-07:00Thursday 27th May 2021<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Thursday morning and a misty start to what looks set to be a fine day , the river is settled and in good shape following the recent spates . The picture below shows the new fence line at Kingfisher bend to replace the previously damaged old line caused by Storm Ciara and Dennis last February . This new enclosure will greatly enhance the fishery for members </div><p></p></blockquote><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh57Bc_L4kqPx_29-kx5M01BpH32zkAxhruAYVEHl2NSKUIqfPpY81TzopgQ9UTbGEGYIt8nIrSl__qOoV0cbwWfn-g1OswmPAHMC9XShyCbhVMUl4EGh1th5ToR6dNQxhn3_ksXsySdOs/s2048/4D696452-4788-45D1-870C-47D830B39677.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh57Bc_L4kqPx_29-kx5M01BpH32zkAxhruAYVEHl2NSKUIqfPpY81TzopgQ9UTbGEGYIt8nIrSl__qOoV0cbwWfn-g1OswmPAHMC9XShyCbhVMUl4EGh1th5ToR6dNQxhn3_ksXsySdOs/w400-h300/4D696452-4788-45D1-870C-47D830B39677.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5NBrzQ5rkzQcwQqYCBChjyiuFYzXphSgikbkXXDmwbSBEakLYWYars0mrEUKrQCHVX_OGcQrtR_Pf_kffnbGFAdLtzgvQ-oLiGLZIlnf-YCm6qwKUyWu7UoJMu7M45GQt1jEWGSzGVUQ/s2048/9F29F0A0-D730-4B66-B090-719690B8BEA4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5NBrzQ5rkzQcwQqYCBChjyiuFYzXphSgikbkXXDmwbSBEakLYWYars0mrEUKrQCHVX_OGcQrtR_Pf_kffnbGFAdLtzgvQ-oLiGLZIlnf-YCm6qwKUyWu7UoJMu7M45GQt1jEWGSzGVUQ/w400-h300/9F29F0A0-D730-4B66-B090-719690B8BEA4.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Friday morning and the river is in spate , with rain continuing overnight and forecast for most of the day .</p>MARK WHITEHEADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907618497693510132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165611925807775783.post-70520184724665961512021-05-18T00:15:00.002-07:002021-05-18T00:15:43.908-07:00Tuesday 18th May 2021<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOv0D9hz7-oFkBtKkB03SlFQ3ulFoEO-1-eoSNGv24ZTpPXqBa7im_lTSYfNM2y4mYo0rB5_RwhDsdgYawApgsTZiN7PSyzy21k4LmOe4lIQ_w0SAP1RM19q1ctdfgLmP4H665KLYWwGY/s2048/842DFD3B-5812-4DF6-8ACB-579691D04C0A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOv0D9hz7-oFkBtKkB03SlFQ3ulFoEO-1-eoSNGv24ZTpPXqBa7im_lTSYfNM2y4mYo0rB5_RwhDsdgYawApgsTZiN7PSyzy21k4LmOe4lIQ_w0SAP1RM19q1ctdfgLmP4H665KLYWwGY/w400-h300/842DFD3B-5812-4DF6-8ACB-579691D04C0A.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Tuesday morning and despite heavy showers yesterday the river remains fishable and is falling slowly .</p>MARK WHITEHEADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907618497693510132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165611925807775783.post-18439884679259060122021-05-09T01:24:00.001-07:002021-05-09T01:24:21.182-07:00Sunday 09th May 2021<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1VicBgfM4Ei8Xo6yhwU3U8iI34SBVqjgHx6Yi0eljTObVR2e5sEyJU-ko8eLy3LSzM8KP5wqs5zDSyx7WB_HdFnIeEVz88mK3-l7gKV3vgn5IX-uY6gMKY78nlPLEf4PlZFrEf-jLbSs/s2048/2CDD5BF2-951F-4A41-8C00-7FD02A5E7C70.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1VicBgfM4Ei8Xo6yhwU3U8iI34SBVqjgHx6Yi0eljTObVR2e5sEyJU-ko8eLy3LSzM8KP5wqs5zDSyx7WB_HdFnIeEVz88mK3-l7gKV3vgn5IX-uY6gMKY78nlPLEf4PlZFrEf-jLbSs/w400-h300/2CDD5BF2-951F-4A41-8C00-7FD02A5E7C70.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Sunday morning and following yesterdays rain the river has risen overnight , currently falling slowly and the colour is good enough for the fly . </p>MARK WHITEHEADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907618497693510132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165611925807775783.post-62562717003601332192021-05-06T00:20:00.001-07:002021-05-06T00:20:28.281-07:00Thursday 06th May 2021<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMYWzOW6v_VVWAH9tTcaVGIFt4BdHbmTUHbjZ754t0FeBlrX_6S3ALmZUa4RFgAl6SPdkxvaG3jhyUUbuPIUCYIDcuTg4-8gz0fVVDNEx59l8JX_oxC_FawUj8ZAnW1bzpvE9o_BrTOz8/s2048/6DF89B67-7204-4195-A8F2-AD553B539838.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMYWzOW6v_VVWAH9tTcaVGIFt4BdHbmTUHbjZ754t0FeBlrX_6S3ALmZUa4RFgAl6SPdkxvaG3jhyUUbuPIUCYIDcuTg4-8gz0fVVDNEx59l8JX_oxC_FawUj8ZAnW1bzpvE9o_BrTOz8/w400-h300/6DF89B67-7204-4195-A8F2-AD553B539838.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p>MARK WHITEHEADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907618497693510132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165611925807775783.post-65333571268685797422021-05-05T00:10:00.003-07:002021-05-05T00:10:27.071-07:00Wednesday 05th May 2021<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCM1TIwHLi-Cov1E0GvSTF-T_M9w4TqnGE5qcuVkCNylKUUwz4MTz6vOF8Hmt8C4JdyU9vu94N2Kval5xZmu8-8gBuSCS3wITs98y36_jFNfrvPL18dEO3yHSfn58ujJBrG15APgNYPoI/s2048/2E688C94-4484-42A1-BFBB-B8572435B5D0.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCM1TIwHLi-Cov1E0GvSTF-T_M9w4TqnGE5qcuVkCNylKUUwz4MTz6vOF8Hmt8C4JdyU9vu94N2Kval5xZmu8-8gBuSCS3wITs98y36_jFNfrvPL18dEO3yHSfn58ujJBrG15APgNYPoI/w400-h300/2E688C94-4484-42A1-BFBB-B8572435B5D0.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">24 hrs and the river is falling , blue skies and a frosty start to the day .</p>MARK WHITEHEADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907618497693510132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165611925807775783.post-57781862302666678232021-05-04T00:15:00.000-07:002021-05-04T00:15:07.407-07:00Tuesday 04th May 2021<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRsfcJdEGi5r4wk4j9uSqMkpx61UHyJab03I-XKUFG3wYZGW2p088UJcUml_jysV-fuQ_VMue62y1EAAuXBuMRkBuoZOeTW-fkXRvmwEqR5DoxK2oZh4o_Ng0MzXPN0ivggu4OlxlYzSA/s2048/3BB026BA-6D12-4E0C-919F-87BB97C15065.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRsfcJdEGi5r4wk4j9uSqMkpx61UHyJab03I-XKUFG3wYZGW2p088UJcUml_jysV-fuQ_VMue62y1EAAuXBuMRkBuoZOeTW-fkXRvmwEqR5DoxK2oZh4o_Ng0MzXPN0ivggu4OlxlYzSA/w400-h300/3BB026BA-6D12-4E0C-919F-87BB97C15065.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Tuesday morning and following yesterday’s downpours the river is in spate ! </p>MARK WHITEHEADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907618497693510132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165611925807775783.post-79291170419128555342021-04-16T00:50:00.002-07:002021-04-16T00:50:38.729-07:00Friday 16th April 2021<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguGosArZfq7dbjq8ldSihhkq3RHZzUElWFO9rQYKhuBob29PQ6Ce4-4vEl8RIsI_6wu2nKgdbWR7MGuhxIf842nDDpUitQlcQ1Mj_pgS0WixCs8dvMifFq_XzQ85i3PFWWBXw1U5pGTHc/s3264/8CC74C0A-970F-4AD7-B54A-917BA8C6E23A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguGosArZfq7dbjq8ldSihhkq3RHZzUElWFO9rQYKhuBob29PQ6Ce4-4vEl8RIsI_6wu2nKgdbWR7MGuhxIf842nDDpUitQlcQ1Mj_pgS0WixCs8dvMifFq_XzQ85i3PFWWBXw1U5pGTHc/w400-h300/8CC74C0A-970F-4AD7-B54A-917BA8C6E23A.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Another cold start however temperatures are rising quicker in the sun , weather remains dry and good fish continue to be landed and lost and all seem to have overwintered well , as can be seen from the picture above .</p><p>Peak hatches of Olives and March Browns continue to be centred around 2pm , resulting in exciting dry fly tactics during which is often over all too briefly for the unprepared , with fish reluctant to show interest following the hatch !</p>MARK WHITEHEADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907618497693510132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165611925807775783.post-6631585998525180812021-04-12T01:28:00.000-07:002021-04-12T01:28:05.454-07:00Monday 12th APRIL 2021<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq8RtFzbKm21bKISNlxa3sYJfsWM19Zty3j0A7pDdzrpX2_8ueuA8mr_tOvTpAwzTXF06O92C-JuCwXbbb1hocBAYqhGmQ4_xYsz0B6O18mpZXNc3D7YegdSDA0mH-qsKZhpkXzOAnP4s/s2048/B33A1E7F-ECFE-4D1C-82AA-FAFC171A28AC.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq8RtFzbKm21bKISNlxa3sYJfsWM19Zty3j0A7pDdzrpX2_8ueuA8mr_tOvTpAwzTXF06O92C-JuCwXbbb1hocBAYqhGmQ4_xYsz0B6O18mpZXNc3D7YegdSDA0mH-qsKZhpkXzOAnP4s/w400-h300/B33A1E7F-ECFE-4D1C-82AA-FAFC171A28AC.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">A beautiful morning and a hard frosty start .</p>MARK WHITEHEADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907618497693510132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165611925807775783.post-49350995944917448422021-04-11T01:07:00.004-07:002021-04-11T01:07:53.186-07:00Sunday 11th April 2021<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfhyWcG3vy7Byg_v1wMqtc0gUuvEZ-apFnKYURqWQpO66-Yz9vabPSa8eBZGfbQ1vrlGjGnwVLurvhEl91p9THs5Z4N_ZeDK4EAO1EBPm6Ha63MlHaio6_UATQseC0h4XWdcjujrw3yBk/s2048/88DB0252-9356-4362-B783-DD6A2E56BD6A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfhyWcG3vy7Byg_v1wMqtc0gUuvEZ-apFnKYURqWQpO66-Yz9vabPSa8eBZGfbQ1vrlGjGnwVLurvhEl91p9THs5Z4N_ZeDK4EAO1EBPm6Ha63MlHaio6_UATQseC0h4XWdcjujrw3yBk/w400-h300/88DB0252-9356-4362-B783-DD6A2E56BD6A.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Light covering of snow overnight ! Bright cold start .</p>MARK WHITEHEADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907618497693510132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165611925807775783.post-13656200576163922192021-04-09T09:48:00.001-07:002021-04-09T09:48:30.454-07:00Friday 09 th April 2021<p> This afternoon saw increased fish activity as good hatches of Browns stirred a frenzied surface activity resulting in lots of chances to connect with an overwintered beauty as seen .</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9hhY3my4BXXfpLv3pMXXg9Gezf1Y0ZkEXtxm7a6UIWoD5VlqVTrkGTsd9fUburkBldc0y-TNJHI_srbiFVfq2BffTHTXrNoNC0Tb-rV3zjQJwFUXdkB3-Act_lw6Ra7TNPMjqVmg17RY/s1024/IMG-20210409-WA0000.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9hhY3my4BXXfpLv3pMXXg9Gezf1Y0ZkEXtxm7a6UIWoD5VlqVTrkGTsd9fUburkBldc0y-TNJHI_srbiFVfq2BffTHTXrNoNC0Tb-rV3zjQJwFUXdkB3-Act_lw6Ra7TNPMjqVmg17RY/w400-h300/IMG-20210409-WA0000.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div>March Brown ( Rithrogena germanica ) in the hand , large hatch today 1400 pm resulting in responsive activity resulting in witnessing a hard battle lost with a good fish not seen !!!</div><div>Other battles won !</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8I_67N2uvJL0LAiFvS4ytYB0ZgDoKt3a1ME7otX13bV5d0c7riDZaukBq51mU9IjkP1ygU0n0zvecC0FGzgiBETUeLH5V3MgvibsPyutq4AfCWMUaIoVrEvKaEq05165kSZZePJAWp-o/w400-h300/EE607A43-4E9A-4B23-AAD6-8B133591DCEE.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Yesterday I caught up with one of our member during a hatch of Olives and March Browns which resulted in two fish returned .</p>MARK WHITEHEADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907618497693510132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165611925807775783.post-53359552634373652572021-04-07T01:27:00.000-07:002021-04-07T01:27:53.180-07:00Wednesday 07th April 2021<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQhO1SpXTqR6TiTf5Cdt5gjWxxHmSbKrFhGdbRtjqDbpP10E3DH-kwlXg_u1WQaVudqzuJBO3OllLv01hAirprPmVM5PYQfX1VIFY-YUbi7E4dqWPVW2tbb3X9ZCU4x_J1zvvypQjMcNw/s2048/80DCFD2C-18B5-451D-AC1E-16AACE0D7D69.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQhO1SpXTqR6TiTf5Cdt5gjWxxHmSbKrFhGdbRtjqDbpP10E3DH-kwlXg_u1WQaVudqzuJBO3OllLv01hAirprPmVM5PYQfX1VIFY-YUbi7E4dqWPVW2tbb3X9ZCU4x_J1zvvypQjMcNw/w400-h300/80DCFD2C-18B5-451D-AC1E-16AACE0D7D69.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>A cold bright start , air temperature is 3 degrees and water is 4 degrees as of 0900 am . Good sighting of an Osprey yesterday afternoon hunting the river on its way north from its wintering grounds possibly in Africa . </p>MARK WHITEHEADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907618497693510132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165611925807775783.post-90254451214002789712021-04-01T00:59:00.002-07:002021-04-01T01:01:23.676-07:00Thursday 1st April 2021<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCon2K1o8ZYiHyzL3H8doj_TZA67h-Ko8rWj8oAf0k_N2OkDczXF4adH9DUiH3W_OzeQuW_Z8BkU3A0BHl-V3l6KRw89sJrpxZSfLX5TtQZRO5OSJixEoVLbgsmaABJSwfPdGVT3RpM4M/s2048/A8098E93-253A-47FB-8CE9-D9F0265D7332.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCon2K1o8ZYiHyzL3H8doj_TZA67h-Ko8rWj8oAf0k_N2OkDczXF4adH9DUiH3W_OzeQuW_Z8BkU3A0BHl-V3l6KRw89sJrpxZSfLX5TtQZRO5OSJixEoVLbgsmaABJSwfPdGVT3RpM4M/w400-h300/A8098E93-253A-47FB-8CE9-D9F0265D7332.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Thursday morning 0900 am , grey skies and a cold 8 degrees , otherwise the river is in good shape .</p>MARK WHITEHEADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907618497693510132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165611925807775783.post-4406277645304713452021-03-31T01:13:00.002-07:002021-03-31T01:13:31.173-07:00Wednesday 31st March 2021<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicr95GflIukJ-6Oo1AlalegTbJnlHfnM51qjigaKw8tzxU2ryMNyJSbEiuEL5_KBGmYeJe_ztEisCvdmNq72mNLZrENhvU_-nTtLIovIxNyxuTYlmt2vY2N1NgbkhbVXfvVf7fxSfBO_0/s2048/6A6C82DA-8B75-4F81-9465-3F838041D523.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicr95GflIukJ-6Oo1AlalegTbJnlHfnM51qjigaKw8tzxU2ryMNyJSbEiuEL5_KBGmYeJe_ztEisCvdmNq72mNLZrENhvU_-nTtLIovIxNyxuTYlmt2vY2N1NgbkhbVXfvVf7fxSfBO_0/w400-h300/6A6C82DA-8B75-4F81-9465-3F838041D523.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Wednesday morning and the river continues to fall slowly , another fine day ahead very much a bonus for late March ! However temperatures are set to decline tomorrow and into the weekend .</p>MARK WHITEHEADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907618497693510132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165611925807775783.post-17553739113054306362021-03-30T01:37:00.000-07:002021-03-30T01:37:16.713-07:00Tuesday 30th MARCH 2021<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDikRwL5FOz47eWRaBJtKsMjpK9Xfbqlaiyyx7PSdLta7pKhjoN6ylW-6l8tEBecjYys1wHhLMduRqXc3wLdp3U9hum7twusa9erNhld4S0uJ0q0mq5Tzv40fjKuaMQcZxFqjR_x0CLJ4/s2048/C9CF5BA5-66CE-4E9D-893B-EB3C118206E8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDikRwL5FOz47eWRaBJtKsMjpK9Xfbqlaiyyx7PSdLta7pKhjoN6ylW-6l8tEBecjYys1wHhLMduRqXc3wLdp3U9hum7twusa9erNhld4S0uJ0q0mq5Tzv40fjKuaMQcZxFqjR_x0CLJ4/s320/C9CF5BA5-66CE-4E9D-893B-EB3C118206E8.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>The river as at 0900 am , considerable improvement on yesterday and fishable , given another 24hrs conditions will be ideal .</p><p><br /></p>MARK WHITEHEADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907618497693510132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165611925807775783.post-69619891738657123122021-03-29T00:24:00.003-07:002021-03-29T00:24:48.171-07:00Monday 29th March 2021 <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCic3IMTkjFXNAuVUvdF-EkBTwQGqwKZIXL0mVT1vmvZ40_kRjqti-Ua90G_nAdyH32EMD0WAGZLlR_somvQn0pFPS_0UIf_Wlb6mPAgi-UHam_AHE7_fmVzO1E0GNglxdP91U8FHZlFA/s2048/02C61F21-C6B3-4EF2-B225-AC4A5F03B81E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCic3IMTkjFXNAuVUvdF-EkBTwQGqwKZIXL0mVT1vmvZ40_kRjqti-Ua90G_nAdyH32EMD0WAGZLlR_somvQn0pFPS_0UIf_Wlb6mPAgi-UHam_AHE7_fmVzO1E0GNglxdP91U8FHZlFA/s320/02C61F21-C6B3-4EF2-B225-AC4A5F03B81E.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Big River 0830 am !</p>MARK WHITEHEADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907618497693510132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165611925807775783.post-4023907317617138102021-03-25T03:23:00.001-07:002021-03-25T03:24:47.373-07:00Opening Day 25th March 2021<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHPsqWexdBVuopjVyXIVK6JfTaeKB8C9J-IaLNhtokOTIudTDPMaI2KwEDcTS0o9wXskLaKItISSw2hkL_ebrfYoXJ-4JhTqHdRi722ukgbblpmh_Bdlncx0iwwdO3SiyMa-5ds2q40E8/s2048/3B776E72-DA4E-4885-AD9F-C08E350AC451.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHPsqWexdBVuopjVyXIVK6JfTaeKB8C9J-IaLNhtokOTIudTDPMaI2KwEDcTS0o9wXskLaKItISSw2hkL_ebrfYoXJ-4JhTqHdRi722ukgbblpmh_Bdlncx0iwwdO3SiyMa-5ds2q40E8/s320/3B776E72-DA4E-4885-AD9F-C08E350AC451.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p>Thursday morning 0900 am , level is normal and clear water temperature 8.0c , Air temperature 11.0c</p>MARK WHITEHEADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907618497693510132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165611925807775783.post-22413168198379476412020-09-10T00:33:00.000-07:002020-09-10T00:33:02.396-07:00Thursday 10th August 2020<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHpGVd8It3OxGM7SSe6eFK7VYQG1ZIN9Ee2-KCZIKfreSWblozu1Xv5-nmzBvp519dFYOdAxhOpucHKjZ1CjjsvXhSuDJXOQFeLK-LE14kHAjdbE2A60ZSr6hHgphp3mhJhktiuVN096Y/s318/4FF3CC64-B3A4-449B-865A-4215F69179F6.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHpGVd8It3OxGM7SSe6eFK7VYQG1ZIN9Ee2-KCZIKfreSWblozu1Xv5-nmzBvp519dFYOdAxhOpucHKjZ1CjjsvXhSuDJXOQFeLK-LE14kHAjdbE2A60ZSr6hHgphp3mhJhktiuVN096Y/s0/4FF3CC64-B3A4-449B-865A-4215F69179F6.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><p></p>MARK WHITEHEADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907618497693510132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165611925807775783.post-90963154379011851872020-09-09T00:23:00.004-07:002020-09-09T00:23:57.103-07:00Wednesday 09th September 2020<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhabqMVAoELgUkAYLMp0frJA7j3EAr-HBGFDXbYdmFM4iZIAO5oIq7r759FtEKLaOm-ypyDnrNZUqsgsD3Z3FuCWtH42B6nH3D7yi7-zQz0IshLgNH4yzWAGn0PTCw8AcBhpQp7XGeG5EI/s318/DC98E80A-AFCF-4B23-A15F-C57859278CC3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhabqMVAoELgUkAYLMp0frJA7j3EAr-HBGFDXbYdmFM4iZIAO5oIq7r759FtEKLaOm-ypyDnrNZUqsgsD3Z3FuCWtH42B6nH3D7yi7-zQz0IshLgNH4yzWAGn0PTCw8AcBhpQp7XGeG5EI/s0/DC98E80A-AFCF-4B23-A15F-C57859278CC3.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><p></p>MARK WHITEHEADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907618497693510132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165611925807775783.post-85274671702821038682020-09-08T00:12:00.000-07:002020-09-08T00:12:04.070-07:00Tuesday 08th September 2020<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioE6cs1ImNnfsfYtGzpptdISqhTVNFDFU3vVvjseax1FGE2hPs2yyEN1a6pXLcm1TEpV0hDXjkMsIQLeiBSqsFjMI2UCAcVeRuUvTWDGfgKYwh15VWyDyg1ZB6cPXOyUXIMONaZ0C8hGI/s318/F157FF4B-C5A0-4104-8EE7-952F65AC8D84.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioE6cs1ImNnfsfYtGzpptdISqhTVNFDFU3vVvjseax1FGE2hPs2yyEN1a6pXLcm1TEpV0hDXjkMsIQLeiBSqsFjMI2UCAcVeRuUvTWDGfgKYwh15VWyDyg1ZB6cPXOyUXIMONaZ0C8hGI/s0/F157FF4B-C5A0-4104-8EE7-952F65AC8D84.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The river as at 0800 am is falling slowly .</div><p></p>MARK WHITEHEADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907618497693510132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165611925807775783.post-85475103687887267822020-09-07T00:32:00.003-07:002020-09-07T00:32:33.776-07:00Monday 07th September 2020<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRiaNlyVT3sWdLPz4SV6rajZUs3bM2LyrJGGPGTtth3GBhI-c87S1SV81mF-ZGZ-CCPm_dzyuUiUWjQOCy2aedHvYsMQ6SJ5B3Wnhw_4F6RalMVFiqIlkHw2FUTfDg_1T6qzotydxJAZc/s318/F98B2058-2323-4B0B-8864-FF1D57E72556.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRiaNlyVT3sWdLPz4SV6rajZUs3bM2LyrJGGPGTtth3GBhI-c87S1SV81mF-ZGZ-CCPm_dzyuUiUWjQOCy2aedHvYsMQ6SJ5B3Wnhw_4F6RalMVFiqIlkHw2FUTfDg_1T6qzotydxJAZc/s0/F98B2058-2323-4B0B-8864-FF1D57E72556.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The river as at 0815 am , this could easily change due to the rainfall this morning !</div><p></p>MARK WHITEHEADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907618497693510132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165611925807775783.post-13676572126584860722020-09-03T00:09:00.004-07:002020-09-03T00:09:48.928-07:00Thursday 03rd September 2020<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6xZ6hZc190rFKtCdytHMy_GcbTsqFsYvjlyau-E8X3N94MrlhYF9XI4_0yiUkqKvAoNL4eOMOrU4KbIRCtXRA6HRt6DsIASFmCUyj9BPUDfLvV4PtLhoKeF6ivIhF3mvBiQXfTpf2hqY/s318/2C4FCE2B-F37A-4357-9A77-7982AF18F403.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6xZ6hZc190rFKtCdytHMy_GcbTsqFsYvjlyau-E8X3N94MrlhYF9XI4_0yiUkqKvAoNL4eOMOrU4KbIRCtXRA6HRt6DsIASFmCUyj9BPUDfLvV4PtLhoKeF6ivIhF3mvBiQXfTpf2hqY/s0/2C4FCE2B-F37A-4357-9A77-7982AF18F403.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Surprisingly the level is good as at 0800 am , despite the recent rainfall however there is risk this image could change later .</p>MARK WHITEHEADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907618497693510132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165611925807775783.post-50615408202826514812020-09-02T00:20:00.001-07:002020-09-02T00:20:07.679-07:00Wednesday 02nd September 2020<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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