You always hear me talking about the "proper" water to fish salmon. Here is what I mean in real color. Everyone wants to see fish but here is just plain advice as to successfully target salmon.
These pics are at 750 flow and using a #4 streamer with 2 bb shot.
I sight target a single moving/staging fish(or group) and swing the fly across an in front of the fish. If it (they) move forward I also move with the fish and if after a few attempts they are not intrested then I let them be.
No we don't floss, line or chase them...

chase the fish..........
 
It is absolutely hysterical watching folks high stepping up river to 'chase' down the salmon !!!

i find the fish run up the pocket water on the other side of the island instead of the side you are showing.  if i'm not mistaken that is right above the flats in the dsr.  but yes, i would rather fish a spot where i don't see the fish, but i know they're running there...

you mean the heavy water where a string of lead rules ? They were pounding them hard there and in the bucket sat.
In higher water they will go through there but in normal fall 335 flows the run is through the flats.
Nah , for salmon I like to see my fish take my fly.

Great pics. HT.. It sure looks good to me. I am beginning to get the fever. I may take a trip up in two weekends if all works out.
I've yet to line a fish. I don't get why people who don't take the time to learn how to use the tackle properly are the same ones who say we line them/Salmon don't strike, etc.. That crap ****es me off. Esp. because I generally am lucky to catch 3 a day working hard to get an eat.
Amen.

Two weekends if all works out. Show us any pics. you got. I wanna learn more too. There is no greater than reading about fishing- well except fishing...

well, i actually notice they come up both sides of either island down at dsr.  sometimes they go up the jos hole side, and sometimes the other.  i actuallly hit a run once where nothing came up the joss hole side.  thousands of fish were splashing up those shallow flat rapids.  what a sight. i think what ever path the fingerlings take back to the lake is the one they take when they go to spawn.  like i said earlier these fish are so unpredictable.  i've actually seen pods of fish go up one channel between islands, then turn around, go back down around the island and come up the other side.  these fish are so amazing.  for fishing and water tactics, that's all a personal preference.  i don't prefer to see my salmon though.  it's great to see them take, but when fishing a deep seem above a white water pocket, i find the fish are more aggressive.  once they break through that pocket in to the channel of preference (least path of resistence) and they see that bright irritating pattern,  i find they're usually more likely to hit.  plus they rest in between pockets and they don't like being bothered when they rest.  just my personal preference.  i find i catch more fish when i don't see them.  for instance, do you spot your steelhead when you fish for them?  that's the way i look at it.  but it's totally personal prefference.  it worked for me on saturday though.  i landed 8 kings and 1 steelhead.  i just can't wait for a month from now when the steel really starts to come.  i'm already tying sacks and big wets to swing to those bad boys.  fish on...

DB, you are right on about spooking fish (salmon) in flat water. But as for pocket water, there it is in living color which I posted, looks like perfect pocket water to fly fish. Hold move, hold move. Heavy water, nah I avoid that, it is just not possible for me to fly fish that water.
Fishing trout & salmon are apples to oranges, no in general we don't sight fish trout.

definitely good pocket water for swinging flies and streamers.  that water there below the wall pool and betwteen the flats has some nice big rocks and it gets a little deeper than it looks.

but you'd be surprised, with a long rod, if you drift the seem on the edge of the white water, you can get down better than you think.  especially with a strike indicator.  the indicator with a drag free drift allows the fly to sink (with some shot of course).  or high stick nymphing with a long rod  (switch or two-handed).  i love it all.  nothing beats fishing in general, no matter how you do it.  fish on....

This was actually for rainheads but it is prime salmon water also