Fishing is generally best when flows are below 3,000 cfs. Flows are currently in great shape, about 950 cfs at the Waterloo gauge. ‌

Summer steelhead are off to a promising start this year, with approximately 17,600 adults having crossed into the upper Willamette River as of July 7. Over 2,500 of these fish have already been counted at Foster Dam. ‌

Spring chinook numbers have also surged in the last weeks with counts at Willamette Falls now exceeding 19,500 as of July 7.