Hey Spoonman, Any time the rivers are running high and muddy, and you just got to go fishin', thereare only three things you can do. 1. Smaller streams with short drainages, as Robert noted, like the Sultan or Raging rivers. 2. Hit the higher elevations, get away from the valley floor and you'll get out of the muddy run-off. 3. If you must fish the lower river look for wide shallow areas so that you can fish the edges, because any fish available will be trying to avoid the mud and silt too. Good fishin'