I guess everyone is pretty discouraged about the relatively dry fall we're having. I haven't even had my sled down the lower ends of the Oregon north coatal rivers near Tillamook yet this year! We've had some decent days from the bank in the low clear water; deeper holes for Kings. I had to cancel 2 trips to come up and boat the Satsop this fall because of low water, and I'm hoping that the Nov. silvers will still be coming up in good numbers and be mostly bright still; IF WE GET SOME FRIGGIN RAIN SOON. Excuse please . Question: if we get rain soon what kind of shape will most of the Satsop silvers likely be in? .... On the up side we've had some very good days on the Cowlitz and NF Lewis, but that's starting to dwindle from what I've heard? Any reports lately from those 2 rivers? .... But I want the multi big King days on the T-Nooks and we're running out of time. This is the second driest fall I can remember to the 1976 fall drought (that year the ODFW had to seine net tidewater of smaller coastal rivers to get their needed hatchery take. .... Looking forward, when the rains get going, we are predicted to have the best winter steelhead season in many years region wide; more numbers and bigger fish with the improved ocean survival rate in the last couple years. - RT

RT Me or one of my buds have fished each tide this week. Those nov silvers are still bright with sea lice with tails! Only hardly enough to fish for ,seems only 1 or 2 pods come buy a tide. Still some nice big hachery fish through.