Egg patterns (glo-bugs, etc.) work well this time of the year. Pale pink, tan or white flesh flies (rabbit strip or marabou) can be pretty effective. Later on, small baitfish patterns are more productive. I tie a Thunder Creek style fly with tail hair from a fox squirrel that makes a pretty good imitation of a coho or cutthroat fry. If the water is dirty I go to my fallback, a four-inch long, white rabbit strip string leech with a stinger hook and lead dumbbell eyes (nasty thing to try to cast). If you need more information on the flies, e-mail me. So far as places to bank fish go, almost any place you can get access to the river and the water looks right should do. The Sauk has some good water upstream from Hatchery Creek and you might try the hole below The mouth of the Suiattle (cross the bridge, park and hike up the bar). On the Skagit, the bars at Grandy Creek, Swift Creek and Bacon Creek have all been productive at times. Good luck.