There was a kid (That's relative, I'm 61 :-) who used to work at the Salmon Bay tackle store in Ballard who made trips to the Columbia to flyfish off the bank for shad with reportedly excellent results. Other than hearing that it was a popular site for Russian immigrants, I'm not sure where it was.

Anybody live in Ballard? The last I heard he worked in Alaska or moved to Germany, but somebody there might know.

John