what do people think of this project?
http://www.wildtrout.org/index.php?o...=82&Itemid=311
i think its a brilliant idea i have been asking around my local area as we have a stream running through our town the river drone that could do with the sort of thing they do

but know body round here seems interested

here are some photos of my local stream (the bad ones first)



its a shame some people dump stuff in it

in some places though you could imagine trout swimming past though

It is a fantastic scheme - your wee river could be real gem

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I can personally vouch for the quality of trout in town projects. if your after some guidance on the how-to's perhaps drop a pm to paulg on here ( hes quite knowledgable on this subject i beleive ). top geezer and im sure he wont mind offering some advice

wish i was closer or i would muck in and good on you for taking concern!

Mr.k

It's a great idea and should be taken up everywhere that once held trout.

richard

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Who resides on the right bank of the Derbyshire Wye and is lulled to sleep each night by the mutterings of a weir, dreaming that "When the rivers and their inhabitants come first, we ALL win..."

I had the pleasure of Paul's support in a meeting of many organisations involved with the restoration and long term future of the river Erewash this Monday.
I can honestly say for someone with a vast scientific knowledge and complete understanding of rivers with obvious top notch academic skills, he has an uncanny way of communicating in layman's terms to a thicko like me - Amazing really.

I'm led to believe he can catch fish as well, but hes yet to prove that to me .

Don't hesitate would be my advise

Mick

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"I will give him seven feet of English ground, or as much more as he may be taller than other men"
http://derbyshireonthefly.blogspot.com/

Craig - all enquiries welcome. I'm at the River Restoration Centre's conference in Nottingham for the next couple of days, but pm me a contact number and I'll give you a bell when I next get chance. We've found in other projects that there is mileage in linking local anglers to local wildlife interest groups (and, sadly, the wildlife interest groups are GENERALLY way more active than anglers when it comes to working parties!).

Here is a link to my Trout in the Town blog - it probably isn't updated as often as I would like, but sometimes it's hard to find the time (which is probably a good thing).
http://www.urbantrout.blogspot.com/

...oh and Mick - I catch the odd fish you cheeky git! (ps think the meeting was useful and have had a brief chat with Tim and Denise about future stuff with the Erewash).

Paul

Hi Paul

I'll keep an eye on my Mail then - thanks again

Mick

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"I will give him seven feet of English ground, or as much more as he may be taller than other men"
http://derbyshireonthefly.blogspot.com/

There is something similar up in Scotland called Clyde in the classroom where local kids rear trout eggs then release the fry into local streams.

Just the sight of all that rubbish gets my grappling hand twitching, Craig... and yes, Trout in the Town is a great programme (I would say that, wouldn't I, coming from one of the early flagship projects myself... click the Wandle Trust link on my sig for more ideas of what's already been achieved with what was quite a messy river when we started, all of it with lots of encouragement from the Wild Trout Trust. You'll find links to lots of other great initiatives like the Erewash Chainsaw Massacre, errm, restoration project too )

Theo

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thanks paul got the info you sent me i will try and get to the clean-up to lend a hand
have you seen this on youtube