Sorry for the scant reports recently. Internet problems!!!!

Another fish from Glanwye 5lbs and one from Cadora Backs 8lb on fly reported by WUF.  No further details seem available or names of captors.
The much heralded storn Bertha has arrived and its effects are as yet uncertain. Rain is patchy and not much locally so far. Its effects remain to be seen though river around Rhayader is rising slowly.

LATEST.  Irfon, Ithon, Upper Wye and Lynffi all showing a rise of a foot or so so expect a moderate rise in middle and lower river tomorrow.Not really too significant but may have a positive effect though the bad news is the water from the Ithon is very dirty so expect considerable colour..

Some stuff from WUF below.
Enjoy the sun apparently and forget about the salmon???   Thought it was always we who were 'running the river down' and depressing angler visits and day tickets.  WSFOA please note!!
Anyway more fences and fish passage work continues - but is there much to use them.?


2014  WUF
Writing the salmon report seemed easy enough in March and April, even May and June. There was plenty to talk about but July is something of a problem. It’s been too hot, too low and very unattractive for both fishers and fish. The result is that there is not a lot to report. As always, the Wye has the most up to date catch information and unless there has been a late upsurge it looks as though 35 fish were landed in the month. All but one of these were caught below Monmouth (a single fish was taken at Wyebank) with Bigsweir taking over half the month’s catch, five for Wyesham and the rest spread between Cadora, Redbrook and Coedithel.
Grilse were starting to feature in a few catch reports (Andy Fenner had two from Cadora on the 22nd of July) and there may well be fish of this class waiting to enter the rivers. However, they will be loathed to do so while water temperatures are approaching 70 degrees F and there is no significant rain in the offing. There, that’s got all the gloomy stuff out of the way!
What every salmon fisher would like to see is several days of continuous, though not necessarily heavy rain. Enough to re-wet the ground and provide a surplus to swell the rivers. Two such floods would be ideal, one to clear the rivers of debris, weed etc and another to encourage the fish inwards. It can happen in August so our advice is simply enjoy the summer sun, visit the seaside, hills and mountains and forget about salmon for now but be ready when the rains come.
There are some advantages of the drier weather: WUF staff are able to get on with fencing, reveting (repairing) the many eroding banks, clearing obstructions and pressing on with our fish passage work without any hindrance from the weather. Every cloud.........
All the best from WUF.

Atlantic Salmon Federation News    Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014 ASF RIVERNOTES - What is happening in Europe? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The RIVERNOTES this time has end of July information for North American salmon rivers, and a detailed overview of what has been happening in European rivers so far in 2014. http://atlanticsalmonfederation.org/rivernotes/ ASF RESEARCH BLOG - The data rolls in ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ASF Research staff have been recovering data from salmon with satellite tags, and those with acoustic transmitters. Check out the latest update on this fascinating field research. http://asf.ca/research-in-the-field.html Your Views on Listing Saint John and Outer Bay of Fundy Salmon as Endangered     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Species at Risk consultations for salmon in rivers from the Saint John to the St. Croix (inclusive) has begun, under the Species at Risk process. Check out details, and how you can provide your views. http://asf.ca/outer-bay-of-fundy-salmon-consultation-under-sara.html Letting Rivers Run Free ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Christian Science Monitor has a major article on how rivers rebound after dams are removed, including comments from ASF's Andy Goode, and the Penobscot Project's Laura Rose Day. http://asf.ca/setting-rivers-free.html Mystery Surrounds Salmon Not Biting ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ An article looking at this year's situation on the Miramichi and Restigouche. http://asf.ca/mystery-surrounds-why-salmon-aren-t-biting.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To keep track of breaking news on wild Atlantic salmon, use the Atlantic Salmon Federation's presence on Facebook. Log in, search for Atlantic Salmon Federation, and click "like". ASF's Webworks is an updating service on the world of the wild Atlantic salmon. If you wish to be added or removed from the list, see below.