On the Water Log, October 31, 2009
Coho fishing was great earlier in the week but slowed down by Thursday. After a wild night of wind and rain, you can forget about the West End rivers for a while. The Hoh was running at 16,000 cfs this morning, the Calawah was above 10,000, and the Sol Duc was around 7,500. The Queets was pushing 40,000. As I said a couple weeks ago, go duck hunting. There are lots of birds migrating down the coast right now, and they move into more protected water during storms.
Speaking of duck hunting, I think I’ll be Grover Cleveland for Halloween. He fell out of boat while duck hunting in South Carolina one time, and the Secret Service had a hell of time getting him back in the boat. He also took a fly rod on his honeymoon! He was middle-aged at the time and his bride was several decades younger. I guess you call that real dedication to fishing. Or perhaps really twisted priorities.