A lot cooler today though I wasn't up in time to see the river 'steaming'.  As suspected Elan release has made no difference to levels at Monmouth so far. |It's either not reached there yet or it's dissipated on its way down. Abstractors will be grateful though!!
Remains to be seen if sport will pick up though I suspect not  too much in the short term.
Algae bloom back in full swing on the lower river so I understand.

LATEST from WUF.  Sea liced ? -its a miracle.  Any photo.

Nyth: 2 fish this week for Bill Godfrey: Early Monday morning from the Corner pool, 14 lbs slightly coloured on a long tailed Thunder and Lightning size 12. Then yesterday evening from Cafn Pool a sea-liced fish, 12lbs again on a size 12 Long Tailed Thunder and Lightning

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I understand there was an incident at Ross yesterday when five swimmers got into difficulties and had to be rescued.  Even canoe deaths as happened a few years ago on the Glasbury/Hay section which has no right of navigation has failed to stop the problem and coroners inquest suggestions go ignored.
Group of about 20 youths on Glasbury bridge yesterday evening 'bombing' off the bridge into the river.  Great fun until someone gets drowned!!


This was part of an email I was sent yesterday by a WUF representative,  Stop being a grump old killjoy you guys =you are giving us a bad name.

1. “wild swimming”. Do you think this actually a major problem I wonder? It strikes me that a lot of the google-driven reports which Don spoke & wrote of are both old (back to 2006) and relatively few? Unless it’s a major issue – individual owners can always take local action of course - I’m inclined to be wary of being too much of a kill-joy as an institution – or perhaps being seen as such: “….fisherman are always a grumpy, introverted lot, sat under their sombre umbrellas”.... etc etc. You may have seen Rod Liddle’s piece in the The Sunday Times last year after his wild swim in the Wylie? Along exactly these lines. Hell, if it stays like this, I’ll be swimming at home"