There are reports of early winter steelhead in a number of rivers thru the NW. So hopefully this will be a better early brat run this season than last year for those rivers that didn't get good runs. The nates runs were good in most rivers and should be again this year.

As for the Cow, has it picked up noticably since less gillnetting out in the Columbia? Word is that the Lewis is getting more fish since.

RT