Bob -
Thanks for taking time for this discussion. Know you are very busy at this time of the year, especially with the rivers dropping into prime shape.

I'm not sure that I understand your last comment. Which is the real world - the numbers from the on water creel checks or the preference estimates from the angler survey?

If your comment was directed towards me I freely admit to being "office" bound and have very limited knowledge of the Quillayute system. I just commented that this situation looked odd to me. I'm further confused with lack of effort in the CnR water, especially after your report of 7 or 8 fish days. For folks on the east side of the Sound that is very good fishing and I would have thought it have been attractive to the CnR crowd - even more so this year given the poor (horrible) fishing here. Yet Rich reported very low effort in the CnR - maybe only 5% of the effort in the keep sections. Unless the fishing in the CnR is much worst than that downstream it again appears that the anglers are "voting" for a keep fishery. Is the fishing above hwy 101 anything comparable to that downstream?

Your point about the high water is a good one and it may account for some of the difference. Went back to the web site for numbers from last year and it looks like effort this season is about 80% of last years so maybe the high water is small part of the answer.

Your remark regarding the Snider Creek program is helpful. Was not aware of how the brood fish were counted. The checks without the Sol Duc were 116 wild fish caught with 18 released (15.5%), not much different.

Now I'm curious!

Tight lines
Smalma