Springers....
Hmmm,.... Can't contribute much to this one. Don't think I ever deliberately fished for Springers in the Trinity River. Timing of my trips always took place when they weren't likely to be present or to other rivers/streams along the coast. Sadly, it's probably too late for me to do that now,.... maybe not. Most of the people I knew who fished that area during that time are gone. I think Jay Murakoshi used to fish up that way, too.
When I did fish the Trinity, I usually fished below Willow Creek (through the Hoopa Res down to the Klamath). In the 60's and early 70's I was taken aback by the way the Hoopas neglected their land; abandoned trucks in dry washes, rusting mill furnaces almost falling down, the large dump on the banks of the Klamath just down stream of Weitchpec, etc. It did improve with the clean up of the dump, etc. In spite of all that, fly fishing in the fall was really good back then.
Once, when I was looking for a trail down to the river in the gorge, was driving slowly, came around an outside bend in the road with a wide shoulder and saw a bear sitting on his haunches, apparently, waving at passing cars. Either that or using the wave to attract a fresh fisherman for dinner.
During the years when I did fish the Trinity often, I would hear people talking about catching Salmon in the deep hole at Big Rock in Willow Creek. Lots of bait guys working there. Too crowded for me.
I seem to recall that Lily Tso Wong, Phd., and author wrote about this fishery either in a magazine article or her book book, "Fly Fishing Northern California Waters." Some detail in her description of the place.
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