I am beginning to learn how to fish the N. Umqua river in Southern Oregon for Spring Chinook and Summer Steelies. The water on the river right now is high and cold due to the snow runoff. As a result the fishing is extremely slow. I was on the river this morning at 5:30, wedged my way between fishermen into a spot at a good hole. Everybody's using bobbers and either sand shrimp, roe, or a combination. I fished til about 9:00 and saw one small King taken on a half mile stretch of the river. The Chinook have been running hot since the water went up. Any ideas on how to speed things up a bit?
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Abraham Henderson