Storms flooded waterways, but a ‘perfect weekend’ has arrived

Smith River Falls, on the Smith River, is a tributary of the Umpqua River. Still bank-to-bank with water, and carrying a fair amount of color, it had “turned over” and was falling. The Smith River and almost every other steelhead stream will fall to perfect river levels for the upcoming weekend. FRANK ARMENDARIZ/PHOTO

It was a trifecta of events that started with a convergence of a series of meteorological conditions that pretty much blanketed the…