So Bruce and I left around mid day Tuesday from Eureka heading up to Tillamook for our annual trip with Scott O'Donnell (8 hour - 400+ mile drive). We were scheduled to fish with him Thurs, Fri, Sat and fish on our own on Wed. We had been checking the weather all week and it was calling for showers most of the week with rain on Thursday but the rivers were all dropping and looking to be in good shape.

Checked into a motel and the weather on the TV said pretty good storm coming in starting Wed through Friday - where the hell did that come from????

We hit the Wilson on Wed AM and walked around a 1.5 to 2 mile stretch - it was already drizzling when we left the motel and rain got harder as the day progressed. River was in fair shape though a bit high and was slowly rising - no tugs no fish seen - that night it just dumped and the Wilson went from 1500 cfs to 3000 cfs by the end of Thursday - so we decided to play tourist on our drive home and checked out some of the small towns and such but a nasty way to end our winter steelhead season!!! !6 hours driving, 900 miles on the truck and 6 hours of fishing! Oh well, there is always next year and we are thinking of hitting the Grand Ronde in the fall.