I think in the modern era of steelheading, and river salmon fishing, that on popular rivers there is going to be a strong thin out factor by the large numbers of good fishers, by the time it gets low and clear. And during the normal flows prior to the lows, the brats fly up to the hatchery fast. If the nate run is in you will have a few more holding fish that remain aggresive (use barbless hooks on them to make it better for releasing them). But what often may be left over are a few less aggressive fish that didn't bite in the better water color; and they are now even more weary in gin clear water. It's a challenging situation. Fish will hold in the water you described. Be slow, carefully smooth, and stealthy. In this scenario you need to use different things from the norm, that work in cold clear water. Smaller customized plugs, such as a size 50 Hot Shot in dark green metalic color fished a long way from your boat or waded position is one way to get the lathargic fish to respond. Another is to use a smaller stealthy natural cork float to fish a few patterns of jigs thru them, to find what they may want and/or to finally aggrivate them to bite. Before or after that try just a plain shrimp tail or plain small cluster of eggs under the float. ... May the luck be with you.

RT