Leon Roskilly

Interesting http://www.salmon-trout.org/pdf/EA_%282006%29_A_Better_Place_to_Play.pdf

Mark Lloyd's response http://www.anglersmail.co.uk/blogs/angling-trust-blog-sat-a-hard-hitting-response/

Please like: http://www.facebook.com/HeroesOnTheWaterUk

There was a report http://www.seashepherd.org/commentary-and-editorials/2008/08/28/aqua-cats-are-eating-the-oceans-207

A goodbye message http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/man-is-fallen-and-will-destroy-the-earth--but-at-least-we-greens-made-him-wait-8554548.html

I blame the MJO

Bought mine online at the beginning of the month, arrived a few days later

Not wanted in Oz http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2013/03/02/373540_tasmania-news.html

Not sure what all the fuss is about, a bit windy here, a bit cold, but dry and fairly bright.

From the Trust's Facebook page today:

The rise of social networking must be playing a part. Lots of facebook pages easily set up targeting a particular club, water, area, method etc. and arranging meets so that a small more intimate social clique develops and people spend their internet time in there, chatting, messaging, posting pictures etc Its a bit like pubs, your small friendly local, or biker pub etc., rather than a large public place full of strangers. Then there's the blogs! (ps Where's my Anglersnet Member Number disappeared to?)

You can always call the AT bailiff, or if none in your area, volunteer to bailiff. See: http://www.anglingtrust.net/news.asp?section=29&sectionTitle=News&itemid=1513

I want to be like him when I grow up

Angling hero Martin (aged 75) is fund-raising for our injured soldiers. Please help with a donation at: http://www.justgiving.com/Martin-James5

A friend who lives in Melbourne sent me this message this morning (evening there) Seems that Lord Monckton might be having an uphill struggle with his lecture tour in Oz, selling his climate sceptic position! (perhaps he should have stayed here, arctic conditions in Kent)

I too don't use the Okuma much since owning an AN pin.

With a new record for the number of days above 30C set last week, the heat wave is set to continue it seems. http://www.theage.com.au/environment/weather/melbourne-to-get-even-hotter-20130309-2fs8l.html (and globally it's been quite warm recently - http://news.yahoo.com/recent-heat-spike-unlike-anything-11-000-years-191131579.html )

Hope it goes well Leon

I remember when this was in the charts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn8Os8nig74 (I was also an extra in this film that Kenny Ball played in (long story!) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055026/ )

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/en/studiesdownload.html?languageDocument=EN&file=91510

Bit of a worry http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/21534742

Good luck guys

see: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21512322#?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

On 30th October I had an op on my right hand for Dupuytren's Contracture. In for 4 hours, under a general anaesthetic, my hand was opened up an unwanted tissue removed, finished off with 22 stiches. A couple of weeks with my hand in splint, it was apparent from the start that there was some nerve damage to the nerves serving my ring finger (one side completely numb and tingling/numbness at the top). But it was after the dressings came off, and physio-therapy and night-splinting underway that I started to experience numbness and tingling in my thumb and next two fingers, which has since worsened (median nerve). With quite a lot of odemea, it was hoped the symptoms would clear once with swelling was down. Sadly, not the case and it's now suspected that the nerves are being compressed by scar-tissue at the carpel tunnel, with the surgeon looking forward to opening my hand up again Apparently I've the nerve conduction testing to look forward to first. After 3.5 months of intense physio (4 x 1hour a day, well I manage 3), I was looking forward to having a fully functioning hand back by now, rather than still a way to go with my physio (my grip still isn't quite there), and a further op to look forward to. There's a lot of fishing to be done! (I'm managing to cast my fly rod, and landed an 18.5lb trout, but my casting isn't what it was, and I need to get some power back into my beach-casting for the thornback fishing next month).

Near miss tonight http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21469066