Hey Todd,

Back to that upper South Fork. The first season after they closed it I fish the lower river HARD! I figured as good as it was up above it had to be ok below, WRONG. I floated it four or five times in different sections and I came to this conclusion. The best holding water during the summer is just above where it is legal to fish. There just isn't any really good deep slots for these fish to hold up until you get in to the canyons and of course now thats all closed. The key to fishing it now is to be there when they come through but since it's not like it's a huge run it will be a lot more of a hit or miss. During June and early July I use to consistently catch anywhere from five to twenty fish up there in a few hours. Talk about excellent fishing! I would hear about guys going up to Alaska and catching lots of fish and I would just smile cause I had as good or better fishing right here. I even had one day that I hooked eighteen summer runs within two hours and they were all about twelve to fourteen pounds! It was fabulous. The last year I fished it I saw the writting on the wall so we took a video camera in and shot the battles. I think we hooked somewhere around thirty fish that day. One of the best things about it was most of the time I was up there all alone. Boy do I miss that fishing!!!!!