I'll trade the lilcleo for a fishing trip with lilcleo on the OP.

Dickey

The vowel is I?????/

I got it! It has got to be the P"I"rates of the Caribbean at Disney Land. Man, you've got some guts there, Mooch!!

BTW,
I guessed based on the clue given and a PBS program I once watched where they were tagging the trees to show where the spawning beds were. They were using different colored tags based on the type of salmon spawning. I thought the river looked very similar to what I saw on the program.

I did not search the archives.

Have any of you realised that the letter "i" is in t he word "river"? Nice one mooch!

How about an new one not in the word"river".

Really? Cause the pictures show moss on the rocks and cedar trees on the banks. I don't think the Lower Yakima has thouse. Lower meaning Ellensburg and down.

I've got to go with the Calawah, about halfway between the 101 Bridge at Forks and the first takeout.

If I'm right, my buddy and I had to get out of the drift boat and walk around the rapids while our guide (Craig) took the boat through the skinny water.

The first time I made that drift was with my brand new birthday rod, a 8-1/2 foot Granger and a shiny red Garcia reel sometime in the early 1970's.

Hooked 11 steelhead and brought 9 to the boat. Still fond memories.

I haven't fished it in years, but that's my guess.

Hey Sebastes, We already figured it out.

My first guess would be the Siletz, lower part of the gorge. Second possibility would be Applegate (Rogue Tributary), only because they built a dam in I beleive in
1980.

The Dosewalips.

Little green river near Mt. St. Helens

Okay Mooch --you 'Shamster' rIver, that was shameful.... However, was the impoundment that covered your 'honey hole' named after a wizzard in the King Arthur's days???

Can't believe so many river names have been submitted that don't have impoundments (dams) on them --or did I misread something?

(still don't want your crummy spoon -- it's the thrill of the chase!!) :p

North Fork Snoqualmie.

Hey Symbiosis !!!! Mooch detests 'Forks" guys. He is a "spoon man"!!

Dungeness

FishingJunky15:

You have obviously never seen the Yak through Tri-Cities, it has its own microclimate. Monkeys, parrots, and yes even moss. On your next visit I offer one warning, don't drink the water!

Go Cougs!!

After careful scientific study and research, I can confidently offer up my S.W.A.G. (scientific wild a$$ guess).

Drum roll please.....

North Fork of the Toutle prior to the eruption!

(cymbal crash)

How bout the cispus river that runs into the upper cowlitz.

I really don't know.... not a clue...but I might as well put my guess out there.

Upper North Fork of the Lewis River up above all the dams.