Overnight rain has put the upper river around Rhayader up by about two feet.  The Irfon is also rising and is very dark and peaty so expect levels to rise in all areas eventually.  More heavy rain is forecast for tomorrow.Spate running of pretty quickly and not too much colour. effect should be limited with a downgrade on tomorrows forecast said to be less than first forecast.

Wyesham 2.  Andrew Sobzak 4.5lb grilse and Alex Nichol 9lb both on fly.

Ingeston 10 on a Cascade to Lyn cobley. 5th June.

Sheepwash 9lbs on a Cascade to Roy Cartwright. see below;

Atlantic Salmon Federation News   Fri., July 8, 2016

ASF RIVERNOTES Share the Latest Salmon Returns ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There are intriguing reports on returns from every region this week, but what do they mean? Early July may be too soon for any conclusions, but the counting fence data from the end of June and later may hold hints. http://asf.ca/asf-rivernotes-july-7-2016.html ASF Regional Director Focuses on PEI Salmon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lewis Hinks, ASF Regional Director for Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island programs provides insight into the issues affecting the island's Atlantic salmon. http://asf.ca/news-from-the-regions.html Hard-hitting article on the Perils of Aquaculture for Wild Atlantic Salmon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In Ted Williams examination of the very real issues of sea lice and other problems, he interviews  several individuals associated with ASF, including president Bill Taylor, research and environment executive director Jonathan Carr, and Nat Reed and Chris Buckley, ASF(US) Directors. It is a compelling read. http://asf.ca/death-of-atlantic-salmon-courtesy-of-norway.html Farming Salmon in a Cargo Ship ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Marine Harvest is exploring the potential for using cargo ships as closed-containment operations that could reduce or eliminate the effects of sea lice. http://asf.ca/farm-fish-inside-cargo-ship.html Wide-reaching US Federal Court of Appeals Decision Impacts Pacific Salmon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the Pacific Northwest of the US, a Federal court has ruled that all those culverts that do not allow fish passage are interfering with treaty rights, and need to be fixed. Could this same argument be applied elsewhere? http://asf.ca/the-salmon-s-swim-for-survival.html