Natural Resources Wales Salmon & Sea Trout Byelaws 2017
Byelaw 8 – Hooks
(a) Barbless or de-barbed hooks
(1) Subject to the provisions contained with existing fisheries byelaws affecting the River Dee; River Severn; and River Wye as amended no person shall fish for, take or attempt to fish for or take any salmon or sea trout with rod and line from any river or tributary in Wales except with barbless or de-barbed hooks.
(2) Subject to the provisions contained within existing fisheries byelaws affecting the River Dee; River Severn; and River Wye as amended no person shall use more than one hook with a bait; artificial lure; or artificial fly unless—
i) On artificial lures, the use is restricted to one single hook only to a maximum gape of 13 millimetres measured from the shank to the point PROVIDED that this restriction to one single hook shall not apply to wobblers, plugs or artificial imitation fish baits which are allowed up to a maximum of 3 single hooks;
ii) On artificial flies with a gape greater than 7mm measured from the shank to the point, the use is restricted to one single or one double hook;
iii) On artificial flies with a gape not greater than 7mm measured from the shank to the point, the use is restricted to a maximum of 2 hooks with a maximum of 4 points,
Confirmed by Lesley Griffiths, Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs, one of the Welsh Ministers on 12 December 2019
