I was born and raised in North Renton, 3 blocks from the Cedar River. My brother and I would fish the Cedar during the week after school and in the Summers. On the weekends we fished the Cowlitz, back in the 60's and 70's there were not that many sleds on the river. We were running the jet boat without our Dad in the boat when we were 11 & 12 years old. Not many kids that age are set free with a jet sled, but we were taught well and had a blast at it. That was more than 30 years ago and I can remember those weekends like they were just last Winters Steelhead season.