I thought the Wind was closed this summer upstream of the Hiway 14 bridge, but I am having trouble figuring out what the regs say this year.

Last year it was closed above the hiway bridge but it doesn't look like it this year, as far as I can tell from the regs. This is idiotic because 1) no hatchery fish have been planted in the Wind in four years, so other than a few dip-ins you'll be fishing for only wild fish, and, 2) the wild fish population, which was once legendary, was something like 150 fish the year before last. There were a little more last year but not enough to merit a C&R fishery. So in other words, if you fish upriver you may be fishing illegally, but if not you'll be fishing for the few members present of a pretty depleted population of wild steelhead.

You'll be a few weeks early for the chinook. You could fish the mouth of the river for steelhead but you'll probably do better at Drano, if you can stand the crowds.