Dave

Since you are one of the "old boys" that have been around here for almost forever, tell us what you recall as being the historic run timing of our native winter steelhead runs in Washington. Like when do you remember wild native steelhead entering ours local rivers, and when do you remember the peaks to be.

The Boldt decision had experts testify that the "peak" of our winter steelhead runs where from December to January. Do you agree or disagree with their testimony? Now, it appears that the only run of natives now appears to be from March to April. I have fished some of our smaller unadvertised rivers, and I too have a found that a fairly large number of native steelhead to be present in December and January.

To the best of your limited knowledge, what is you recall of when these true native fish returned to the Olympic Peninsular Drainage?

Cowlitzfisherman