Called Freds Tackle in the morning. They said lower about 6 inches visibility, and only fishable section is Borden Creek and up. Not much room for all the fishermen to spread out. I guess if Alison and up is fishable then it will be much better. Guess there are more slides between Alison and Ranger on the back side. Can any body verify that?
I believe there is just the Ranger Slide but I seldom fish in that area so not certain. I took a drive up that way for you today and conditions were very good, that is above the slide, that is in the Allison Pool area. Drove up to the Limits Hole and counted 20 vehicles from the Allison up and I got a report of one hatchery taken. Another angler said he lost one.
I stopped for lunch at the Point for a delicious bowl of soup before giving the Lower a try. Conditions were about 12 inches, tried some small slots but nothing to show for it. With the color and high water it makes for tough fishing as you have to be lucky to find a fish, so many places they can be.
I however did find 6 DNE floats including a wooden one, 1 Cleardrift, 1 Drennan and 3 foam floats.
It rained the whole time and with more rain in the forcast tonight I cannot see the Lower being very good tomorrow. I might have to slip to the Upper as we start the 2010 brood capture program tomorrow on the Chilliwack Vedder River. I must try to do better than last year when I only contributed 4, two that I caught and 2 from other anglers.