Yesterday was guides day off and my buddy Jake and I went to the Rapid. Middle Dam was running 1300 cfs. I had not been in there for nearly a week due to the recent high flows and this was Jakes first time in there for the 2011 season. Being the fish predator that he is I figured he would be my guinea pig to scout the current conditions. I rowed/positioned the boat and was net man for the first few hours of the morning. Once Jake started getting into some nice trout I coaxed him to row a little and wield the net. Between the two of us we landed a bunch of feisty salmon and half a dozen or so nice trout. It was definitely Jake's day though because he landed a hog of a trout. It was probably the nicest trout I have had in the net for the 2011 season. There were a fair amount of other anglers around and most were catching fish. All of them were very courteous and showed good streamside etiquette. This can be a problem on the Rapid sometimes when it gets busy but not today. All in all it was another great day on the water.