So I took everyone's advice and fished the American this morning. I was just below the hatchery and fished from first light to about 9:00AM. The water clarity and flows were great and there were a lot of fish in that stretch of water (it appeared that way anyway, I am not a regular so who knows). I had one fish on that was good size but it pulled the hook...I was using a pink egg and black rubberlegs under an indicator (it took the rubberlegs). There were also quite a few salmon milling around, all looked pretty beat up and they probably won't last much longer. There were two other fly fisherman down there who both hooked up also but no fish were brought to hand (aside from one spin guy that landed a really nice fish). It was a great way to spend a morning and definitely beat working. Maybe next time I'll land my first steelhead.
Luke
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