Check the fish count of returning fish on the Clack:

http://tinyurl.com/4scu8f3

And February is pretty much the same! No wonder I could catch any fish!!

When you posted that the Clack was definately dead! The Eagle creek stock that comes into the river earlier like November-ish, ended up being a pretty small run and moved through fast. The Clackamas stock should just about now beginning to show up in good numbers. Thats pretty typical for the clack too, an earlier run around thanksgiving, and then a break around jan and feb, then by march and april steelhead are pretty thick. It can be awesome fishing too as many people are on the willamette springer fishing! We had a couple amazing days last year around early april.