Sorry, TJ, I'm getting prety defensive in my old age. I've seen so many people abuse that water over the last 25 years, I get riled esily.

I live only a mile from the dam at Landsburg and cross the river many times daily and weekly. It was my "home water" for a long time. Just can't fish it any more and it's a shame.

I can remember when there were so many Kings in the water you could walk across the river on their backs. But, too many greedy *******s used some of the river's isolation to take way too many fish and the runs began to get smaller and smaller until the WDFW closed it entirely to any fishing for any species in order to protect what was left of the dwindling runs of steelies, sockeye, kings and cutts.

The river has been recovering slowly. I take my 4-year-old grandson on walks there to teach him about spawning and habitat protection and I'm hoping he gets a chance to fish it one day.

The Cedar is indeed a beautiful and pristine stream and would be a bank-angler's dream if managed properly.

[ 11-13-2001: Message edited by: Hoochie ]