Trout & Salmon Magazine April 2017 Edizione posteriore

THE RISE OF THE WYE
Since 2003, Salmon catches on the River Wye have increased. The river, once the most prolific in England and Wales and famed for its huge fish, remains a shadow of its former self, but following its crash in the latter part of the 20th Century there have been signs of recovery, with spring and early-summer runs bucking national trends. The capture of one hundred and eighteen fish in June
2013 and 94 fish in May last year on the Wyesham beat, and 86 fish on Bigsweir in June 2015, are compelling. When you consider that the average weight of
salmon last season was 11½ lb and a good proportion were more than 20 lb, with a few Wye giants of old sprinkled about, you have to sit up and take notice.