Thanks for giving up the lurk and posting. As far as your question goes regarding the summer chinook fishery, who knows how it'll affect the fishing. Above 850 cfs on the lower river, bank access starts to become limited. Above 1,200 it is almost nonexistent. I don't think that the extra bit of water out of Cushman will limit access. How it changes where fish hold during the normally low flows of August, well that's the game. If I told you the answer it'd be too easy. I wouldn't want to ruin it for you.

Vince