I'm suprized to hear that it is only the one river that is closed. I live on Vancouver Island and many of our East coast rivers are closed to fishing because of very, very low returning fish numbers. The island has been c&r for many years but this has not increased the numbers in the majority of rivers. Some rivers on the Westcoast are still in allright shape, but for the mostpart stocks are declining. Most of your posts talk about overfishing, but have you considered the effects of El nino. Poor ocean survival is out of most peoples control. In our case if the fish don't return then there's nothing to fish for. I don't know the year the big problems began down there but if it was 1986 this would have been the first of the years that it had a great effect on fish numbers. Poor ocean survival can also be attributed to overharvest by commercial fishers. Hope your rivers don't head the way ours are headed.I 'm keeping my hopes up that the numbers will start to climb.

Tight lines.