Hi Smolt: I just got back from the Vedder yesterday .There are plenty of white springs (chinook) in the river now. The hot spots in the upper river are busy,Ranger pool,Thurston Meadow and the Slesse mouth pool were all busy. In order to fish without screwing up your neihbours you need float,baitcaster gear. with small red wool lure. Chum havent showed up in the run below Thurston yet, green wool for them.
Try cooking your chum as small 1"chunks like lobster. Immerse briefly in salted boiling water suspended in a sieve in a large pot of boiling h2o. Accompanied by corn fritters and some Maple Syrup. with a good bottle of dry white.I brough home a 25lb chinook and left the rest in the river.
coot