i would guess its the wye, or mabye the usk? if the wye is in south that is

Re the Wye - sadly no longer methinks.

Towy catchment including the Cothi might be presently top.

Teifi would not be far off - maybe even a higher catch?

Can't think of another?

5-year averages to 2006 show:

Usk: 711
Teifi: 585
Wye: 561
Tywi: 553

The Teifi's position in second was due to a bumper year in 2004, when it recorded double its normal number of fish. That year apart, it is less productive than the Tywi.

If I was Welsh, I would send the salmon packing and concentrate on proper fishing!

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This is a sad indictment of how the Wye has suffered. When you consider that the annual catch has exceeded 6,000 fish in the past and a good beat would have gone close to the total catch for the whole river right now.

The crown in Wales has now passed to the Welsh Dee but as TonyR points out, in the south it is now the Usk that rules.

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I think the Usk comes out tops. The Dee's 5-year average during the same period was 685, although its 3-year average for 04-06 was 837. The Usk's 3-year figure is 878.

cool usk is pretty close, although im closest to the estary. id probly go abit further north until i find a rural part, unless certain streches are better?

whats proper fishing? mass fishing for the british market? ah u must be a commercial fisherman.

I think John is referring to sea trout.

Try here for good salmon water on the Usk:
www.MTAA.co.uk
http://www.gwentanglingsociety.co.uk/

sea trout sound more appealing to catch because they are not about to die! but salomon are big i hope

Does the Tywi number include the Cothi, Gwili, Sawdde, Bran, Doethie et, I wonder?

Still, whatever, I would imagine the numbers are comparable i.e. either main river or catchment.

So, hats off to the Usk.