The best way to make your first trip is not to plan it out six weeks in advance...

Clear three weekends in a row and watch the weather like a hawk. If the rivers are in shape any of the three weekends, GO! As busy as it gets in Forks, the hotels don't fill up to the point where you can't make last minute reservations.

When I was living in the city, I'd take my OP vacation the last week in October every year because IMO, that's when the maximum number of fish are in the systems as a conglomerate.

Leave the boat at home unless the Hoh is in shape. It and maybe the Bogachiel are the only rivers floatable to an oarsmen inexperienced to their danger.