Tim - it's a very easy river to find access. Roads run parallel to it on each side with plenty of public parking spots.
 

im going to try and make a power run the last sat of august sometimes we find some fish but mostly just going up to check in with some people we havent seen a couple of months

humm salmon starting up in river august this year?? I'd say bust.. even with water release.. river temps say no, lake temps say no.. wind directions & current flows we shall see.
Every year is a new , dreams are free.

not to mention i think it's been every august since 97 that i have caught at least one king in august. sometimes even a coho. and sometimes it is on august 31st. hope to not brake that trend this year. hit sappens though

the pipe we used is polypropylene i believe. it's that black pipe they use for irrigation pretty much except rated for 160 psi. most guys use for wells as well. i prefer copper but 400 ft. of 1 inch soft tempered copper would've probably cost well over a thousand dollars. this stuff was under 200. it's a no brainer to me...

In and around my hometown we are having problems with two legged varmits stripping the copper from houses/buildings and these buildings are not all vacant!Imagine coming home from work/shopping and you hear water running in the basement and when you look down there all the copper is gone!

Im in PIttsburgh and have thought about a trip up there for years . Any hints for a out of towner .. its a six hour drive and would at least like to have an idea on what Im doing

slider, the best thing you can do is hire a guide for at least a half day. It is well worth it. Hire the guide for the first day of the trip, then you'll have the rest of the trip to put what you have learned to work. Go during Oct. if you can. It's a sure bet for fish unless the water is way up, then you will need a guide to show you where and how to fish in high water.

a guide would definitely help...

very good point metal. the past 3 years have been the best since the early 90s in my opinion. as for bobbers, guys were using bobbers when i started over 20 years ago. there used to be these guys that fished worms and bobbers in the tail of the black hole with straight 2 lb and those guys hooked some fish. from my viewpoint, everybody made fun of bobbers on the salmon for years. they were always used though. it just took a while for people to muster up the strength to use them. internet chatter definitely plays a big role as well. in a way it takes the originality out of fishing. 10-20-30 years ago, you went up there and had to figure it out yourself. trial and error was your best friend. and it's not just fishing in regards to internet. i believe it's everything. the internet has opened up the world to everyone, and in a way, it kinda sucks in my opinion. people don't live there lives by acting on life and it's circumstances that life throws them anymore. instead, they research everything on the net and result to facebook and all that crap to mass publicize their life to everyone. actual fact based research has been done away with, and actual communication with others is dwindling. yes, i belong to this forum, but in reality, i don't know anyone on this forum. in my real life, i interact with my friends and clients the old fashioned way; phone and actual encounters... teh way twitter and facebook and all of that crap has taken off it disgusts me.

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Part internet chatter,part more steel than there's been in yrs,and part bobbers making it so easy that even 1st timers can expect to hook up

 
But Metal - those guys with their hand-turned floats and $500 designer pinwheels look so good doing it....!!!!  LMAO 

I like having the background in the photo, then I can say sucks you weren't in your "secret spot. . . . but I was!!"

dimebrite i agree with you its a big river and as stated there are a lot of over looked places to fish on that river sometimes a nice back ground makes the pic as for the smaller places keep them to yourself but remember the trees have eyes. good luck and keep your powder dry