NOFISH and I pushed off from the hatchery ramp at daylight yesterday with expectations as high as Mt. Rainer: The river was dropping fast and the gauge read 30 feet, water clarity was easily 1-foot and the brats should have been thundering upstream.

We anchored up in a spot that has produced well for us under the exact same conditions on years previous and flogged the path of fish travel for six hours to no avail. In that period of time we saw one of the thirty-some folks bank fishing Tall Timbers land *ONE* fresh winter brat. WOW.

I hope it picks up soon. By the way, the gate was open into Tall Timbers this weekend.