The fish are starting to show now, but and the peak is like most streams around christmas. I've seen some great days on the NF for winter runs and depending on what the hatchery released 2 years ago is certainly going to have an impact on the fish that will be returning. But with the great success over the state for summerruns, silver, and chinook I can only imagine we'll have a great winter run.

So best time would be as close to christmas as possible, and yes the neat thing is the rain doesn't really affect this dam fed river's color, only the height.
Keith