The Snake River drainage has two summer runs, the A and B, with the primary difference being the length of time spent in salt water (a typical A fish is in the ocean for one year, a B for two). This year's B run has been late arriving; fish biologists indicate that low flows and unusually warm water temperatures kept many fish at the mouth of the Columbia till September or October. Even if I fish into March, which I generally do, that still doesn't amount to the aforementioned eight months. The counts at the four Snake River dams show this isn't what would be considered a banner run, or even as good as last year's, but it's by no means bad.