One of the greatest experience I have had in life was floating the upper River about where you are headed. It was in mid september but I would thimk the same action would be accountable. I used a 6# sage with off peach orange puff balls banking and boondogging with a couple split shot and cooned the sockeye and rainbows and dolly,s trophy size, stop in at troutfitters above hope landing they are real!!! PEACE