It is worrisome...

The Skagit has been running high and hard the last couple days, and from the Sauk down visibility is almost nil due to the snow melt water that's been added.

Drove out the Skagit to the Sauk, over Gov't Bridge and down to Darrington today. There were a couple guys with a drift boat at the Sauk Launch and they had passed on even putting the boat in...visibility was poor and you would need 3" corkies just to give the fish something to see...that or hit them in the head with your cast..:-(

Other than being able to wade out and collect some of the spoons I lost this year, I can see no good from this low snow pack and impending low water condition later this summer...

On a good note, I have seen large schools of small, 1 1/2" inch sized smolt in the river hanging out in rocky frog water...looks like a good crop of Coho (or Chum?) for a few years out.

Mike