As of today, February 15th 2010, most of Oregon's coastal rivers are currently at ideal water levels for both drift boat and bank fishing. While a few of the north coast streams have reported some stellar days, rivers in the south west region continue to produce the most consistent results for winter steelhead. Reports of good catches on the Chetco, Elk & Sixes, and on the Coos and Coquille systems continue to come in. We are now entering the latter part of the winter steelhead season when the big native fish comprise a higher component of the total catch. People tracking the number of winter steelhead passing over Willamette Falls are excited to note a number 4 times the size of last year's run at the same period. With guarded excitement, some biologists suggest that the same favorable conditions contributing to this larger steelhead run, should produce a great run of Spring Chinook and Summer Steelhead here locally on the McKenzie and Willamette Rivers.