Good advice on moving above the dam where ever you choose to fish. Having just returned from that area I can confirm that the Skamania (summer steelhead) are in some of the rivers along with bubba and his friends in hot pursuit. As you already know, many of these "rivers" can be only 30 to 40 feet wide with pools about the size of a small bedroom. Some of these morons will have no qualms about firing a chrome hot n tot right across your path or bouncing a spawn bag over your feet. Have fun where ever you end up fishing.