Some strange people on these internet forum sites. In a discussion on the Wye the below was said by someone who calls himself Polish angler -been around several seasons now I understand so another instant 'expert.' I can't reply to him on that site so will do so here if I may..

QUOTE  "Huge majority of Wye fish fell to experienced anglers, syndicated rods, from beats with gillies or controlled by RWGA. Under reporting of fin clipped fish this year is as much likely possible as under reporting of wild fish by RWGA (which does its best to run down the river) associates. "

I excuse his ignorance regarding all matters Wye but I will endeavour to enlighten him.
RWGA do not control any fishing beats.
Gillies are few and not all are members of rwga.
RWGA members which now include dozens of ordinary angler/supporters who will report EVERY fish caught, with names of captor, where caught and how and most certainly if it's fin clipped. Unlike may I say many of those reported by WUF.
We mostly report our catches here on the RWGA and WSA websites. We do not report them to WUF as they simply access our site and report them anyway, as we do from theirs, often with some reluctance I may add when evidence for them is not available. Be that as it may.
We do not run the river down, we report ALL fish reported, legitimate or not, and endeavour to give accurate information to the visiting angler. Likewise with WUF we seek from them the transparency that they are unwilling to provide and dumb down the 'spin' that often occures to the detriment of the paying anglers of which he is one.  The latest annual meeting was a classic case. Where you there POL?

So Polish angler as I know you read this site. Stop talking rubbish as your are now truthfully informed!
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See latests from WUF. Takes the breath away.  Was at the meeting, along with WUF staff, trustees, even habitat workers who formed a good part of the audience. The remainder mostly sat there in silence.  As for how many smolts were being produced I must have missed that except of course there are now claimed to be  more. However there is to be a new beat on the Ithon full of really big grayling - of course. Cue an initial mad rush for tickets -for a while.

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Wye & Usk Foundation News Update 31st October, 2014 Many thanks to everyone who came along to our Annual Meeting last Friday. It was great to see it so well attended that we had to find extra chairs! The meeting gave us the opportunity to present the progress of our abstraction project, diffuse pollution work and give an explanation of how many salmon smolts are being produced from the Wye. We will post details of the talks on our website shortly, together with the recently completed fish pass at Dayhouse on the Lugg. Elsewhere in the Wye catchment, considerable progress has been made fencing and repairing the eroding banks of the Ithon. So far, 16.8km of double bank fencing has been completed in the current project but there's quite a lot more to do. During the repair of one section of the Ithon near Llanddewi, some very large grayling were spotted. This beat will be available to everyone as part of the Wild Streams within the next couple of weeks. Meanwhile, grayling fishing has started to improve in the mild weather with some very respectable catches in the past few days, especially from the upper Wye and the Lugg. Prospects look good for the next week although we'll leave the finer details to Oliver Burch in his monthly report, which will be published shortly. Otherwise, we recommend you grab your chance before the weather changes (again!). Further downriver, coarse fishing on the middle and lower Wye has been a little tricky in the higher levels with anglers often struggling to hold Grayling fishing is well underway. Photo: Adam Fisher The Dayhouse weir fish and eel pass on the river Lugg, shortly before commissioning. bottom. The barbel and chub fishing should be good if the weather remains settled but pike anglers will be desperate for a cold snap! Adam Fisher's October coarse fishing report will also be published in the next couple of days. All the best from WUF. Details of our Projects can be found here. Click here for anglers' reports and here for monthly fishing reports. For details of WUF's Consultations, Click here. Environment Agency & Natural Resources Wales Emergency Hotline: 0800 80 70 60 Rainfall at Llanstephan 2014 to date:45" (2013 total: 39", 2012: 47", 2011: 29") Bookings and availability Tel: 01874 712 074 This email was sent by The Wye & Usk Foundation.