'Zo, here is what Dan had to say about that combat zone that will erupt next month there (from the Icicle River thread):

"Just about every tributary on the Columbia will be a snagfest, and it's not just the tribal members doing it. Drop yourself into the canyon on the Wind river next month if you want to see a snagfest. With 42,000 fish expected to return, it will be a snagger's wet dream. Then, these goons won't even toss their fish's guts and carcass back into the river, so you get big pools of water cut into the rock all full of rotten fish guts and blood.......nice.
That canyon is a gorgeous piece of earth, with ripping whitewater raging through a huge bouldery canyon. It's pretty disappointing to see what happens to it when the hordes of fishermen (I use that term loosely in some cases) descend into the canyon during springer time." He mentioned he will skip it this year. And I will mention that it will have very low water this drought season and low snowpack year.

RT