Steve Salveson ('fishbait') and I had the pleasure of fishing with Keith (stlhdr1) most of the day on the NF Lewis. As many of you know, he and his partner James (Perfect Drift) are specialists on this river, and they know their sheeyat! But with a little dial-in help from Keith, Steve and I were able to hang in there with him with our eggs and scents. Steve and I hooked 8 salmon apiece and Keith hooked 10, and a couple of jacks. We only landed about half of the fish we hooked. However, Steve landed the biggest fish hooked of the day; about a 30 lb. bright hen. Then James came out with us for the last hour and a half or so and hooked 3 and landed 2 (he may have snagged a 4th one briefly?), while we also contined to hook fish; making it a 29 fish on day (mostly silvers but a few chinook too). ...

Keith is right about an abundance of fish to be caught in this river - soon to be joined in that realm by several other rivers. As for the Keith controversy thread, I will tell you he is a really good guy that is fun to fish with! And very open and helpful about NF intracices. Thanks much Keith. - Great fun!

RT