NEN ... It all depends upon how you want to fish for them. Many people up here line fish in these streams (many in Kasilof are fished this way as well off of the bank).

If you wish to get one to "bite" ... fishing eggs or hardware is your best choice in most instances. Deep Creek is extremely high with runoff from what I'm hearing, so the Ninilchik might be a better bet, especially now that you're not limited to week-end only fishing like you are on the smaller rivers.

They are small ... they are busy and quaters are tight ... so you usually have to run fairly heavy to hold on to your fish and not tick off the 100 or so people that you'd pass through with light tackle. 25 main and 20 leader would be a starting point on these streams in my book.

Hopefully, the waters will recede some to give you some better ops on these streams before you arrive.