salmon river reports?

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Fished the upper river 3/25 with 2 grandsons. Started at Sawtooth. Small buck on first cast w/brown helgie and green metallic corkie. Passed the rod off to a grandson while I rigged a 2nd rod. Tied a shrimp fly with orange corkie on the 2nd one. Released the fish on the first rod and the grandson with that rod cast out and hooked one on his own, another 24" buck, his first steelhead on his own. I think he's hooked for life. Meanwhile I finally got my own rod set up with 8mm orange beads and hooked and landed 3 more plus the other grandson used my rod to catch his first steelhead. We fished that spot for about 2 hours and landed 6 steelhead, 3 on beads and 3 on the helgie. Took a lunch break and moved down by the Yankee Fork. We did even better there hooking 16 and landing 12. The fish there were larger and in better shape. Again we fished for about 2 hours, then headed to Challis for a burger and the long drive home. Overall a great day. Had 2 groups of friends go 3/27 and it was much slower. They caught none at the Yankee Fork, 2 at Sawtooth and a couple by Clayton. They indicated the water was rising again. The fish are there if you can hit it right when they will bite. The reports from Ellis are about identical. Hopefully the cooler weather this week will improve the bite. I'll try to figure out how to add some photos.
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