Spring Chinook are just barely arriving now in the southern tributaries to the Willamette River. With less than 20,000 fish over fish ladder at Oregon City, the first arrivals are now showing up in the catch on the Middle Fork Willamette, North & South Santiam, and the McKenzie. I spoke to a number of guides working the South Santiam and the Middle Fork Willamette this past week. All reported 1 or 2 hook-ups per trip. The Mckenzie has seen little action so far. In the next week we expect to see some pushes of fish which should improve the numbers. The last 2 days of nonstop rain has got the rivers pretty high along with heavy reservoir releases intended to push smolts seaward. Look to see some new fish as the rivers recede.