I used to launch and take out at that boat launch on the West Fork, well that was in 1985-86. At that time the East Fork actually came into the West Fork about 30 yards below the boat launch.....it was very easy to "row up the West Fork and then row right across to the boat launch.

The reason I point that out is....it shows how much both of those "Forks" have shifted to the East. In 1991 all the Satsop water went right into the "right hand side" of the protected bank, about 3/4 mile down river then went along the protected bank and at the "end of the rocks" the river cut due north, thur what is the southern end of Stormy's property.

At some time in the mid 90's a log jam developed where the river turned North.....bottom line, the river went straight towards the road, where the sharp corner and big eddy is.

All the shifting was "mother nature" at her worse....since the mid 90's from the West Fork down has gotten worse every year.

Stormy lost huge amounts of land, sportsmen lost some of the best fishing water from the West Fork down to riff/rafted area.

Not to sure that with some "summer time" bull dozer work, the river couldn't be forced back to the west.......but with all the permits required today.....doubt that will ever happen.

Sorry to make this so long but people need to understand that the major changes are the result of "Mother Nature", doing what she sometimes does. What is always amazing to me...is the amount of wood waste and full trees that go sailing down the Satsop and end up in the Chehalis.