HAS ANYONE FLOATED THE TOUTLE THIS FALL FOR SILVERS.JUST WONDERED IF THE RIVER WAS FLOATABLE.I USED TO FLOAT IT BEFORE THE BIG BLAST 5/18/80

I fished the Toutle in October below the mouth of the Green and it did not have enough water to float a drift boat. Visibility was very low (2 or 3 inches) as the river still carries lots of Mt. Saint Helens ash in suspension. The raparian zone was like a moonscape with blowoff stumps and gray ash everywhere. During the time I fished it most all of the rivers were at their lowest levels of the year, so perhaps it would be passable now. I didn't see many launch sites although I didn't explore all that much. The Toutle was very good to me with limits of cohos each time I fished it. It was the first time I fished the Toutle since the mountain blew, and it's good to see strong numbers of fish returning. Let me know how you do if you float it.

I use to float the canyon......what wonderful memories. There was fresh steelhead in there 365 days a year!!!!!!!!! I cried when it went down and have never been back since! I want to remember how it used to be. ( Kid Valley )

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Tight Lines!!

Guarantee the upper stretches of the toutle were not floatable...but as posted earlier, if you didn't fish it, you missed probably the best silver fishing of the year. There is plenty of access in the kidd valley area, and the mouth of the green...though it gets a lot of pressure in this area just start walking down stream.