Lot of heavy rain in the upper catchment now and last night.  Another dose reported later on this evening and overnight.  Perhaps it may provoke a few more spawners upstream but lets hope it doesn't wash any redds out.
Not been that many reports of a huge amounts of spawners but obviously some redds here and there.

I see Charlie H is banging on again on FFF.  I say again the reason we have been banned from trying to question WUF on those forums is I suspect complaints or threats from WUF.   One of our members as you know has already been threatened with legal action and forced to pay compensation -or else. All I did on the Sea trout forum was question an ex WUF employee on the misinformation he was putting about on there.  Strange world isn't it where  those with a little perceived power and money can seek to silence those who try and get to the truth.  Well we don't go away just because someone doesn't like it.
I see Charlie hasn't taken up the chance to reply to the two email addresses I gave him.  Not really surprised. He's making enough of a fool of himself as it is elsewhere.

LATEST.

River and tributaries are all on the rise and we look set for a decent spate. We do of course need the Elan valley dams to be topped up to release water for us next season under the new compensation plan - which by the way we have still not seen in any detail.  Will we ever I wonder.  Or of course the full Electro fishing data or anything much else for that matter.

You do often come across some interesting information on internet forums.
The below was posted by WUFs ex Marketting manager, Dai.  Bet you didn't know this;

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"Otters don't eat many migratory fish, only around spawning time. You'll find the odd one on the bank pre or post spawning. It's happened for thousands of years. Found one myself last week in the Lower Wye, eggs and everything. You don't often see otter kills any other time during the season though do you?"

Thought not.!!!!!!!!
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Atlantic Salmon Federation News    Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014

A Focus on the Miramichi, its People and its Salmon in 2014 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Martin Silverstone, editor of the ASJ, made a fact-finding trip along the Miramichi to speak with residents about the impact of salmon run declines. A media release on Martin's article has received attention: http://asf.ca/atlantic-salmon-sustain-quality-of-life-along-miramichi.html The article itself, entitled "Voices from the Valley", which appears in the recently-published edition of the Atlantic Salmon Journal, can be read online in its entirety at: http://asf.ca/voices-of-the-valley-in-winter-14-asj.html Position Open at ASF for Director, NB Regional Programs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Geoff Giffin has served effectively in the NB position for six years, and for the past few months also as Director of Regional Programs for all our councils.  He has now been appointed to this position full time. Details regarding the vacant position of Director, NB Regional Programs can be found below: http://asf.ca/nb-regional-director-position.html Striped Bass Impact on Atlantic Salmon       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The impact of striped bass as a predator of Atlantic salmon smolts continues to raise concerns. http://asf.ca/striped-bass-taking-bite-out-of-atlantic-salmon.html Salmon Catches at 60-year low in Scotland    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The year 2014 has created great concern with details given in the article below. http://asf.ca/in-scotland-salmon-catches-at-60-year-low.html With the salmon runs in Scotland down, Scottish ghillies are backing a move to total live release. http://asf.ca/scottish-ghillies-back-move-to-total-live-release.html Window into a Land-based Salmon Farm in NS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Globe and Mail interviews the CEO of a Nova Scotia land-based salmon farming company, Sustainable Fish Farming (Canada) Ltd., and ponders the future of such operations in other locations. http://asf.ca/small-scale-fish-farm-wants-to-export-technology-to-urban-m.html The Cost and Reasons for Farmed Fish Escapes in Europe     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A scientific review has been conducted on the reasons for escapes plus the costs involved. It raises interesting points about the quality of the equipment used. In a wider perspective, it reminds us of the benefits of land-based operations. http://asf.ca/valuation-of-extent-causes-and-cost-of-european-fish-farm-e.html ASF Research Blog- Wrapping up the Magaguadavic Fishway  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Studies and restoration work on this index river of wild and farmed salmon interactions is wrapping up. http://asf.ca/research-in-the-field.html

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