Locally the rivers and creeks are down which is typical for the summer. The trout fishing has been good here if you stick with the small stuff, #18-20 BWO and #20-22 Midge working fine. I was up to the West Canada Creek and it is in very good condition. Did some searching with Parachute Adams and had good success thru mid afternoon but as it moved towards evening had to shift to the small stuff again, BWO primarily.
It is the Salmon River, however, that most are interested in. It's August now and we wait for the first movement of salmon into the river. The water release is 185cfs but with the rain we've had the last couple days the gauge at Pineville is at 268cfs, the run off from Orwell contributing to this and Trout Brook probably adds to this down below. Reports from the lake are good, indicating the fish are moving this way. Normally Labor Day weekend marks the un-official start of the run, doesn't matter if it's 10 fish or 100 fish that show up around this time, it's ON.
In the river now you'll find good bass fishing as well as a few brown trout. Any summer run steelhead have found refuge in the deeper spring fed areas of the upper river and have been keeping their mouths shut. I'm going to float the river in the next few days and check it out 'from the rowing seat'. 