Once again I braved the inevitable and ventured back to the Satsop. As expected the number of fisherman has increased tenfold since last weekend and so has the carnage. I would like to respond to a couple of posts. First to Stadle: I do not consider myself a "local" on the Satsop, but it is my "home" river. I feel that after several years of working on the steelhead broodstock program and countless hours spent on cleanup and restoration projects has earned me the right to express my concerns. I have a personal stake in the future of this fishery and will meet head on with anyone who impacts it negatively. Eric: You write regarding the closure of the Cook Creek launch- "Not the end of the world as I can still launch from the road immediately below the creek but it will be a comedy of errors at daylight with rigs and trailers jockeying in and out of that little slide". You can't be serious. "Comedy of errors"? How about flat out dangerous. That is not a launch for the novice. You can bet that there will be a fatal accident on that corner one day soon because of "the comedy of errors" taking place in the dark and fog. That ramp would be closed. Soon there will be no public access to the east fork at all. Then what will you do? But more important to me...What will I do?