Greetings board members! Been lurking on the board for some time, thought it was time I put in a post. Seems to be the custom on the board for new posters to contribute a fish story before asking a question, so here's my amusing anecdote: me and two buddies are fishing for steelies on the Sky, sultan to ben howard. It was the first steelhead trip for one of us (not me, and not the rower). Haven't touched a fish all day and are hoping the afternoon hole will save the trip. I'm in the back of the boat throwing a spinner, two plugs are working ahead of us w/ rookie steelheader in the front seat. Left rod gets buried and rower yells "Grab the rod grab the rod!.... NO NOT THAT ONE, THE OTHER ONE-- YEAH, THE ONE THAT'S BOUNCING AROUND!!!!" After some initial confusion, rookie steelheader gets squared away and we manage to land a nice native buck about 8 lbs.

Now my question. I'm planning on fishing the 'Duc on friday and was wondering if the drift from Whitcomb to Rayonier has changed much; Bob had a post about 3 weeks ago saying the right channel above 101 in the middle drift looked blocked. Anybody drift down from Whitcomb lately? I haven't been out there since last fall, so any reports of river changes would be much appreciated.