Nothing new once again with river still low with continued algae on middle and lower river.
May be showers overnight but forecast keeps changing it seems so wouldn't bet on it.


Enquiry regarding new Welsh Byelaws has reached its conclusion.   It is as we all suspected.
All byelaws have been approved from 1st Jan 2020   Lots of talk, aspirations, good intentions etc etc.  Well we have all been there before.


These are the byelaws approved
proposed byelaws are detailed in full in Inquiry documents Ref. CD APP/52 & APP/53.

 The proposed byelaws are time limited to ten years and will implement a number of measures. In summary, the byelaws propose the following measures:
• Catch and release of salmon – a mandatory requirement that any salmon caught by rods and nets will be returned to the river;
• Rod fishing method controls which introduce and require: (a) a ban on treble and double hooks on lures; (b) a ban on treble hooks with a gape-size larger than 7mm for flies; and (c) use of barbless and debarbed hooks only;
• Ban on fishing for salmon with worm bait;
• A seasonal restriction on the use of shrimp and prawn bait;
• A slot limit of 60cm for rod-caught sea trout;
• Net fishing season changes (variable according to specific rivers); and,
• Additional control measures are proposed to protect sea trout stocks on targeted rivers where these are deemed necessary, including statutory C&R fishing in the period when net fishing is constrained each year until 1st May, and method controls on bait before 1st May.



I must say hazving read most of this long report the Inspector throughout dismisses virtually out of hand the evidence given by the objectors.  He accepted the data given by NRW without question it seems.  He was pretty scathing of Angling Trust too.  It was a stitch up from start to finish.  Now we, and they will have to live with it.  Shame on them.