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Rogue reports of Salmonflies are yet to be confirmed, and even if a few have hatched we are still waiting on the primary hatch to explode and it could be a couple of days after that before the fish really key in on the Salmonflies. The Creek is fishable, but your best bet is to fish it from a boat, either stripping some streamers or (as best you can) dead drifting big stoneflies near the banks along the seam. The fast currents can be tricky to do this but if you get a good drift in the right place and are patient you should be able to pick some nice fish. The Creek is still high and off color, but clarity has improved dramatically from a week ago even after a bump in flow yesterday. Today the flow has dropped some and is still raging at 2870 cubic feet per second so if you plan on wade fishing don't or do so with extreme caution. My best advice if you do is to fish side channels, back eddies and the small tight water that you'd normally overlook. Fish are doing their best to avoid the main blast of current and are looking for a safe haven that provides both food and shelter. Our ten day forecast looks pretty consistent in terms temps and precipitation with highs in the upper 60's-low70's and nightime lows in the upper 30's to low 40's and chances of precipitation ranging from 30-60%. Hopefully this will continue the cycle of a gradual runoff, but the hatch really depends on the weather and above all how that impacts-water temperature. Doug and I expect the hatch to explode by next weekend. More later. Hope this is helpful....if not send complaints to Doug.