Conditions are now looking very difficult with a warm dry week ahead it seems. lets hope the algae bloom doesn't rear it's head again though it seems unlikely to matter much the way things are at present on the main river.

5lb Grilse from Bigswier for Reg Lawton on a Cascade.
Bigswier now on 177.  Quite a few very small grilse around several of which were hooked and lost.

Atlantic Salmon Federation News   Fri., Aug. 12, 2016

ASF Overview of European Salmon Rivers 2016 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ASF has pulled together the most comprehensive report on 2016 European salmon returns on the web. We cover rivers from Iceland to northwest Russia and south to Spain. Check out the Torn River on the Finland/Sweden border with its 98,070 salmon so far. http://asf.ca/asf-rivernotes-aug-12-2016.html Decision in NL Could Harm Wild Salmon Forever ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ASF President Bill Taylor comments in the Toronto Star on the decision to allow the massive Placentia Bay aquaculture project to go forward. http://asf.ca/decision-in-newfoundland-could-harm-wild-salmon-forever.html Hot Weather Closes Rivers in Newfoundland ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here is a list of river closures due to high temperatures: http://asf.ca/more-river-closures-in-nl.html ASF Biologists Retrieving Tracking Data ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ASF has pioneered the use of sonic transmitters in Atlantic salmon smolts and kelts as they migrate down their rivers and across thousands of kilometres of ocean toward Greenland and other feeding grounds. Graham Chafe describes the work of retrieving the receivers in the days coming up. http://asf.ca/research-in-the-field.html NL Poachers are Having a Major Impact on Salmon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Poaching is a major issue in NL and this article shows some of the recent activity in photos and text. http://asf.ca/poachers-having-severe-impact-on-nl-salmon.html