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The main stream media IMO hasn't done a very good job describing the event that impacted the river. I've seen articles that describe a landslide/slide and that this was fire related. This was a...

One recently sold (Oct 10) on Ebay without the rod tube but with the rod sock for $610. It was a factory rod in new condition (bright cork, no line scuff around the snakefoots) with original store...

First, x2 what Redband said.

That can't really happen in the upper part of the river if the base flow at Lewie is locked at ~350cfs. The science this action is largely supported by is the second...

Darian,

I can't envision that to be a valid concern. As Redband mentioned this isn't a proposed addition to ROD flows, merely a change when some of those flows are released. No amount of bitching...

Some good news. The river is currently being fed by what's called the River Valve Outlet System (RVOS). The RVOS was cast into place in Div 2, one of the two 37' ID diversion tunnels that were...

Just some more info:

The Feather Annex, the set of raceways on the west side of the Afterbay has been abandoned in place and is no longer operational, The main facility only has chillers to...

My advice would be to go sooner rather than later and you'll definitely find better temps higher up. I definitely would not wait until the first major storm. The trib channels in the lake that are...

You can believe that if you want to but it's just not true:

Water temps at Robinson's for the last two weeks this year:
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My mistake, that should have read post '14. While attempting to confirm some things yesterday, I was also told about this:
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I think you're asking good questions, that everyone should be asking. With respect to some opinions expressed in this thread, it is going to be far from 'business as usual' on the Feather this fall....

By my count, there's 4 more that chime in very infrequently.

Thanks for saying thanks. I'm actually just an angler, not a fisheries or ecology professional.

I've been napalmed on this forum so many times, I've lost count and I don't chime in very often ...

I’d suggest that how hatchery Chinooks taste probably isn’t the best metric for whether ‘fake’ is an appropriate descriptor. I’d suggest that the mountain of peer reviewed science that details how...

I think there's some definitive conclusions that can be drawn:

1-Churning out millions of fake hatchery fish didn't stop the collapse from occuring.
2-Reliance on hatcheries to restore abundance...

Just some facts to go along with the blame placing going on in this thread.

Tim's original post is an action of the PFMC. The state DFW has no jurisdiction or influence over what the PFMC does...

I participated in a study to catch some cyprinids for a parasite study a fisheries professional was conducting and was told the way to distinguish between the two is to look at the length of the...

I really don't know the answers to your questions and I'm not sure where that temp gauge is on the A. I'm guessing it's fairly high up. Temperature is definitely an important aspect of habitat but...

Thanks Dennis. No need to apologize for confounding me. Being confounded is often times the default state of mind for me when trying to understand complex ecological or fisheries concepts or even...

Thanks Dennis.

That's extremely interesting and completely confounding.

I see several significant take-aways from Dennis' comments:

1- He's not saying that there aren't hatchery steelhead...

Mark,

LH= life history which for steelhead is expressed as freshwater-salt water, ex 2-1. Or for fish that have a legit half-pounder LH phenotype, 2-H-1.

------"It does make sense that these...

Mark,

I'm just an angler like you that's totally obsessed with Mykiss that inhabit rivers that run unobstructed to the Pacific. I have had too many discussions to count with well over a dozen...

I don't know why it happened. Everyone I asked about it while it was happening attributed to a long streak of favorable conditions in the salt, which led to insane marine survival. Unfortunately I'm...

Jason,

I think you're wise to ask questions about the "facts" in this video. I hope everyone else is doing the same.

The drought did not extirpate all the wild salmonids in the CV. Both Butte...

Darian,

Thanks for posting that. I think it definitely diminishes those agreements and the tunnels which became the tunnel. Can't say I think that the diminishment in either case is significant...

That's a great shot. Thanks for posting that. The Superfortress was one of the 4 aircraft ( Stratojet, Canaberra, and the Sled) my dad was a member of crew for and the only one he actually flew on...