... Ron, but Birch Creek Valley is one of my 13,000 favorite places, and I just happened to have this pic on the desktop when I thought about starting the thread. Great small stream fishing, great scenery, and quite the variety of wildlife.

Wes - the South Fork should be fishing well during the Expo. Fishing it during July pretty much requires a drift boat or wading rather limited areas due to the irrigation flows. Don't know when, or where exactly, you fished Birch Creek, but if it was down by the campground, I would definitely understand why you didn't much care to fish it. But on up a way, there's a lot a fun fishing, if you like small streams, anyway, and the scenery is much better.

John