After finding the Humptulips river a bit too high to fish, Nate Treat took me into the backwoods of the O.P. to one of his favorite secret locations.

The salmon river area that he took me to is definitely not fished by the average angler. We hiked about a quarter mile to the river, and then criss-crossed the river in several locations to get to his secret spot. The river was up a bit but much clearer than the Hump. I was fortunate to find a staff someone had left behind as crossing without one was just too dangerous.

We saw a nice group of a half dozen bright fish as we worked to his canyon hole, but could not get them or any other fish interested in our offerings. I'm sure if you hit the deep hole location at the right time that you could do quite well, but not this day.

In any case, a fun adventure and hike into some really cool spots!

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