Last week’s winter storm brought ice and snow to much of the Willamette Valley and heavy rain to the entire Oregon coast, completely suspending the winter steelhead season from one end of the state to the other.
In the Siuslaw and Alsea river drainages, the precipitation fell as a mixture of snow, sleet, and frozen rain. Consequently, for several days, frozen highways made travel through the coastal mountain ranges impossible from about Florence northward. But…
