It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what rivers use to be like before man came to interrupt them. It's no new news that when salmon spawn they die. Once they die they decay and create food for the salmon and steelhead fry to eat. I live on the east fork of the lewis and my grandfather told me back in the 60's and 70's the salmon runs in the east fork were awesome, especially the silvers. Now you can't hardly find a wild silver in the east fork. So all those summer steelhead that there use to be in the 60's and 70's now when they spawn there fry don't have any real food to survive on and that is one of the main factors that the steelhead cannot survive in the lewis... Take for instance the kalama and washougal two other rivers that have a fair run of wild summer steelhead, why is it that the east fork a river between the washougal and kalama doesn't have crap for wild summer and spring steelhead anymore. I know the kalama and washougal does they are my favorite fish in the world to catch...

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