Rt: for a guy who can't find his way to the water without a seeing eye dog...you really talk like you where a guide or something... :p maybe even a writer...
I told you the secret to fishing the N. F. Lewis was to back the boat into the water and then fish. Why you fished the puddles in the parking lot is beyond me. I saw that Troy almost had a chance to reach the water when he wasn't in the trees, studying bark rings around the trees you had him tangled in Someone of your water reading skills should have figured out that steelhead do not swim up boat ramps to parking lots....
You state you need a good crew, from the results of your prior floatillas it is evident you need someone in the boat that knows what they are doing... :p I think you should get Jeffhead and his famously modified rods and reels to join your team. That way when you are bouncing off boats you will have a couple of stumps to push off with...

. To round out your team,go recruite the net bit*h Stew. Roy and I spent a lot of time teaching him how to net. We let him net about 50 shad as he was only able to catch 2 all evening....so we let him do what he is best at...netting...
The reason Roy is with us, and by the way, I am in his boat, is that someone needs to show him how to fish. I would have put him with you, but it would be too disruptive to others on the river watching "Mutt and Jeff" trying to fish together...
Giz... Let the smack flow...