With the Snake at 68, not many steelhead are moving up out of the Lower Granite pool. There have been a couple good days on the lower Ronde, but mostly barren water I heard. Even with the CW up from 54 to 60, it seems like the most attractive place for a steelhead, but it seems the fish would rather carpet the confluence with intermittant snappiness.

Twitch, I still may hit the D, but I've got to put in a hardwood floor sometime soon. This time of year is total time conflict. I think the D is sometimes a lot like the Ronde - pulsey. When they're in, it's every cast a coconut, and when they're not, you'd swear steelhead don't live in that river. Scratch fishing shouldn't be a natural part of Sept. - Oct. My bias is showing.

I got a set of panniers for my mtn bike. I'd kinda' like to see how it works loaded with fishing gear.

Sg