My old old-timer retiree friend who is a spey guy there most days in steelhead season told me that is the only safe spot for his truck - he can see and hear anything done to his truck. He lives there and fish it often. With that much fishing, his truck can be broken in, perhaps a few times per season and he can't afford that. He also doesn't need to walk long or risk falling on rocks. He once broke his nose falling on rocks and had to be hospitalized. Why invite more closure of easy access when there is no evidence that the users there have damaged any river ecology? Do guys on this forum always have to alert the authority to close on something people are enjoying their fishing simply because they don't fish there or they don't like it? Other people can have choices too. I don't fish the train bridge run much. I mostly walk the rapids. But just saying...
Personally I favour even building a much more structured concrete fishing platform there so that old, frail and guys on wheelchair can have that spot to fish out of the entire river. I know this idea is controversial here but think about it, with the boomers aging fast and many of them are avid fishermen but getting less and less mobile, it will be nice to have one spot in the river where even handicapped people can access and given first priority to fish there. To me, train bridge run already has good access. River fishing with handicapped access. They do that for pavement. Why not for one spot among so many rivers. Even the prison inmates got their spot exclusive for them before the prison camp is relocated. It can be done with some political will. Rick Hansen?
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