Chartist1,  Only time will tell if you made a wise decision.  I know this, last year from Sept 11-14 was an absolute blitzkrieg.

Ha ha, I seriously doubt it will be any where near & might not even in full swing .. Lol I got the itchies once bitten by the low river reports before. Get there and walk top to bottom only to find a few skittish salmon .

On the flip side I have been there early to find the UFZ loaded and dsr with few..

It's a swing in a million this early. You'll be fine. Prime time I would say should be around sept -20 th .. By week 2 in oct it should be trout city down there .

alas I'm stuck in a cave again tonight but getting a kick of all the fishy talk..
However, my only planned river salmon trip is a stint of 4 days to net salmon for us old farts like me.. ( yea iI will net them on such special occasion :)
Steelhead now , I hope to see lots of weekday action until the hardwater set up ..

 Good luck- they could easily be running pretty well then as in recent years.
Tressel is always worth a coffee break (reality check/ya cant make this stuff up/hilarious/sad/outrageous/Sat night at the fights -etc etc etc )

Word yesterday from a scientist I know is that there are Atlantics and Skams in the UFZ, with a pretty steady flow of Pacifics coming through the lower river.  Flows have been up so there is enough water for the fish to get all the way up.  It is definitely early, but nighttime temps are a lot more like September than August, and the fish don't read calendars!
 
I know I'll be prospecting closer to home until after Labor day, but the good flow situation obtains in some of the other large tribs, and the tackle I see going out the piers here in Rochester says I'm not the only one aware of the early onset Autumn.
 
Tight lines!
 
L13

I'm going to have bumper stickers made, "The Tressel, A Nice Place to Visit But I Wouldn't Want To Fish There."  LOL 
 
Welcome to Silly Season 2013. 

River is up just a tad right now, but it got really cold last night, the girlfriend made me close the bedroom window. 79 Sunday is the warmest. But mid-60s wednesday and thursday could get them moving back and forth. 
 
Unfortunately we cant predict this stuff... 

Lucky,
I was at the UFZ last weekend targeting smallmouth. I'm still learning about the SR. I had also heard prior to my fishing that Atlantics were around-no specifics locales. I shared the UFZ with another nice gentleman and that was it. Man, I love the looks of that water! For 185cfs, it is screaming through there and still deep as heck!

Anyway...I landed 4 or 5, 16-18 in smallmouth in that area before the last one broke me off before I could get my thumb in his mouth. They were hitting a white streamer pattern pretty well. So, this trip I learned the smallies make it all the way up there...success! I'm also learning that the SR is big water, and if the crowds spook you (like me) there's lots of fishable water but you may have to walk.

I saw no salmon, although the first smallie had me guessing. When he didn't run, I pretty much new it wasn't a salmon!

Yuk,
The folks I heard from are involved in the restoration program and are keeping close tabs on the Salars.  I have not spent a lot of time in the UFZ, but it is big enough water that there could be fish there and they would not be seen, and Atlantics do not have a reputation for rushing every fly that goes by.  Did you spend a lot of time watching tailouts, and along seams?  My friends from Newfoundland tell me they try to spot one and then begin the game of 1000 casts, or they prospect with a swung damp wet or a dry, as all of Canada has the same no weight on the leader, no sinking lines, no weight in the fly rules that are in place now in  the UFZ.  
Good to hear you caught the smallies, though, they are always a gas on a flyrod.
I would be up there looking, but I'm chained to a job until after Labor Day, and after that the whole river should be cooking.
 
L13
 

While the eye on the hawk this morning, I do hear tell the salmon bite was very good

DSR reports a decent number of fish and the few people that were there had lots of
action.
If this continues I may make a run myself,the itch is getting bad.
By the way for anyone that cares.....SC is up and running and the site adm. says he wants to keep it civil.