Unlike some anadromous fish, the sea-run brown trout tend to ascend the river in small schools, not in one or two large defined runs, so the fishing is productive throughout the season. In recent years, early weeks have typically produced 175 or so trout to 6 rods; on the high side, 400-600 to 8 or 12 rods. However, it should be noted that, like steelhead or Atlantic salmon, these are anadromous fish, and cycles of weather and conditions at sea still affect fishing productivity. Several days of hard rain could make the river unfishable, but it heals itself very quickly, usually overnight.