ANNUAL ONLINE AUCTION V 2011

Well... it is that time of year again... slightly later than usual, but hopefully bigger and better than ever, it is time for our annual fundraising auction.

Last year the auction was held on the fish and fly auction site, and it was a tremendous success, raising nearly £4K for the river. All of these £'s have gone directly into habitat restoration work on the River Monnow system, overseen by Cranefly and supported by a marvellously dedicated team. The big achievement in the 2011 year – with last year’s auction money has been the near eradication of Himalayan Balsam in the upper part of the river system. You can check out our progress here.

For those of you unfamiliar with the Monnow and her tribs, check out the rivers forum and look back through some of the links and reports. She is a beautiful river with some great fishing. Now then... whilst the recent Monnow Improvement Project accomplished a great deal, there is still much more to be done in terms of securing the rivers productive future; hence our annual auction.

What has really made the auction a rip-roaring success over the past couple of years really has been the number of lots donated by Forum members - we have had flies, fishing days, unlikely booze items and all sorts of other piscatorial goodies which helped us more than double our usual total. This year is no exception and we have got some corking lots on offer.

It is a big ask I know, but if you would like to donate a lot, then please let me know either by pm or by emailing me at dave_smith@talktalk.net.
All The Best - in anticipation

The auction will start on 10th November and run until the 2nd December. The lots themselves will be posted in the Monnow Section of the Rivers Boards on here. I will link it as soon as they are up.

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"A homeward tramp thro' mist wrapped night,
With heart and creel in common light,
Complete content, the day has brought it,
They fished for pleasure - and they caught it"

P F Morgan
taken from the catch record book at Llanthony Hotel, Honddu Valley, Aug 1942

www.monnowlogue.com
www.monnow.org.uk

Guys... forgive the bump...

thanks so much for your support so far. Nearing the half way stage of our auction, and we have 57 fantastic lots which at current bids stand at a running total of just under £2200 - which is just fantastic.

If you haven't looked in already, please do so. If you have looked in - best check that someone else hasn't out bid you

If I can find time, I'll append a full list of lots on this thread to sabe you going through every thread in the Monnow board

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"A homeward tramp thro' mist wrapped night,
With heart and creel in common light,
Complete content, the day has brought it,
They fished for pleasure - and they caught it"

P F Morgan
taken from the catch record book at Llanthony Hotel, Honddu Valley, Aug 1942

www.monnowlogue.com
www.monnow.org.uk