salmon trip

crawlerman2
egg patterns for browns, wholly buggers for kings.  Browns hit the wholly buggers too.  Go to colors for buggers are olive and gray.  I don't do well on bait there (Burt/Oak).  Most of the time the kings just swim into the fly and it goes in their mouth, but I have seen them strike them. 
 

Smallsac
Fished Oswego last week.  Lots of hook ups, had to muscle them because of crowds.  Fish were busting 14lb line like it was two pound.  switched to 20lb braid, landed 5 before busted reel seat,  seen 5 rods shatter.
Expect shoulder to shoulder.... had one non English speaking fella, crawl in so close if I put my arm down I'd have had him in a headlock, guys so close their line gets wrapped around your rod eyes.  Dude was ripping a 2/0 hook with nothing on it, line looked like weed eater string.  Politely moved him an arms length away, shortly after heard him chattering excitedly, look over to see guys line wrapped around his rod and the hook buried in the back of his neck. 
If you fish Oswego, life jackets are required to avoid fine.  Ny is an experience that makes you appreciate winter fishing.

pafisher
I just spent 4 days on the SR and it is loaded with Kings and Cohos with a few Steel mixed in.I did well on small estaz egg flies.small dark nympths with a red hot spot,and chartreuse egg flies.They will HIT if you FISH for them.Use just enough weight to tick the bottom on the drift.Two #7's work in most places I fished.Of the 50+ fish I fought I only landed 6,I hope you have a 8 weight rod,and studded boots are a must.

Smallsac
Fished Oswego last week.  Lots of hook ups, had to muscle them because of crowds.  Fish were busting 14lb line like it was two pound.  switched to 20lb braid, landed 5 before busted reel seat,  seen 5 rods shatter.
Expect shoulder to shoulder.... had one non English speaking fella, crawl in so close if I put my arm down I'd have had him in a headlock, guys so close their line gets wrapped around your rod eyes.  Dude was ripping a 2/0 hook with nothing on it, line looked like weed eater string.  Politely moved him an arms length away, shortly after heard him chattering excitedly, look over to see guys line wrapped around his rod and the hook buried in the back of his neck. 
If you fish Oswego, life jackets are required to avoid fine.  Ny is an experience that makes you appreciate winter fishing.

Smallsac
Not necessarily shallow as much as standing in right spot. The river bottom is very contoured if you don't know where your going you can go from shin deep to chest deep or more in one step.  It usually is a zoo, two weeks ago I seen so much litter; mostly beer bottles (even 1/2 a bottle of jagermeister), but power plant now has a "river monitor" that I believe cleaned most of it up that day.  But not sure if hes there everyday.  
 
Your right but had occasional days throughout the years were I could count number of guys at the dam on one hand.  Wall fishing appears to be locals only (some guy called me a d*ickhead when I took one cast in an open 18' section, trying out new rod.  Put hook back on the keeper n told him to have at it *sshole). Its definitely the worst you will see of "fishermen", however the river is a nice fishery just draws bad crowd.