Sounds a heck of a lot like the trip I took with 2 great friends in '08. Epic Steelheading, we were throwing our two handers most of the time and absolutiely crushed fish on the *&^#*#* and other rivers for 7 days!
How you like the town!?? more tweakers in that town than all of Glendale, Marblemount and Sultan combined! We towed my little 16ft jon/jet up there and ran all over the @*%($(....just an amazing time...so amazing I'd find myself sitting back watching my buds slam fish after fish and not even care about rushing out to try and catch one myself because we'd already released 15 that day. we fished some of the same runs I see in your pictures and it brings back a ton of awesome memories of that trip with 2 of my best friends in the world.
We are planning on going back next year before they crack down on the alien fishing...would love to hit the Big River this time.

Thanks for the great slideshow and editorial!