Gave the Chehalis a try this morning, searching for some early steel. Nothing up at the canyon entrance or ES run. Boy the water is sure not very fly friendly up there any more! Went for a nice walk down below the hatchery and found a bunch of boot coho. There were a couple of guys keeping black coho!

I talked to one of them and he said that they were very good - pan fried! I think those fish were more than done already!
On another note, I had a coho doe rise up and attack my float! I've never seen that before. Sure, I've had trout take a swipe at a strike indicator. But a coho taking a bite out of the float? I couldn't believe it! Also saw one coho dash from under a log and steal my roe. No hook-up. Pretty neat to see though. :lol: However, seeing only tomatoes and black fish, we soon found the fishing pretty "pointless" there. No sign of any steel...
Had a nice lunch at the "Squatch". Overall, it was a very enjoyable day. Lots of hiking!