Water Quality Monitoring for the Angling Trust.

Kick Sampling on the Skirfare For the ARMI  (Anglers River Fly Monitoring Initiative) Background The aim of the scheme is to continually monitor the health of the river through the monitoring/counting of eight key sentinel insect species living in the river. Many of these species eventually emerge from the river as flies. The number and type of insect species is counted (scored). The total score is used to assess the heath of the river. For each sampling site the Environment

Thank you to all who have completed catch returns over the season. I know they can seem tedious but ultimately the information helps demonstrate the quality of our fishery. In addition to returns completed online I am very grateful to those members who keep their own catch records and have been good enough to share them with me. It is not always possible to integrate them completely with the online returns but wherever possible I have included them in the figures. To enlar