I'm sure the observations from before the closure were right. At the time they announced the closure, there were definitely NOT many fish moving (though there were definitely some, to include an absolute chromer I caught and released while fishing for cutts above Schafer Park). Still, this is what usually happens (no fish moving one day; many moving the next), and it teaches us that flow is less important than water temperature in determining when salmon think it's "time." Makes absolute sense, if you think about it. After all, they can't sense water volume....

Okay... so now fish are moving (with video evidence). Has anyone informed the Region 6 office of this fact? They said in their announcement the rivers would remain closed until either the flows increased or the fish started moving. They're moving, so we should start pressing them to reopen the rivers this Saturday. If they don't respond to that, we'll have more ammo for nastygrams...