hey guys i am new here but have fished the river for quite a few years and a river i love, being the one i learned this wonderful sport on, in my years on the skok i have notice alot of changes from my first years up until now and i would say an early closure is best say at the end of august, a later start would only cause a major blow up in anglers that would put alot of pressure on the peak time of the run when the crowds typically taper out and native presence is high. any time there is an opener on the skok it is inevitable there will be major crowds on the river for example the 06 year where there was a closure on sept 15 to oct 31 that turned ugly when oct 1 came, so many people i was in shock! normally if there is no closure october is relatively light on crowds so i feel keeping it how it is would be the best because with the amount of people that will show with openers will basically total to that over the season time span, a good idea would be to close the river above 101 during the first 2 weeks of september and let those fish do buisness while fresh fish can still be targeted, these are just my thoughts and opinions based on my observations over the years, also a question i have is how will pumping the new 240 cfs into the north fork affect the lower river? i have a feeling we are looking at a new river this year with more water and how will this affect access, clarity, holes, fish, etc?