I have not fished that river but have caught a ton of salmon on the fly. A variety of bead head wholly bugger style flies in black, purple, pink, orange and olive with some flash is always worth while. Tinsel flies like Christmas trees or rabbit strip style flies like leeches and zonkers. I have also done well on coho stripping bucktails or baitfish patterns in slower water. September is a little early but single egg pattern or blobs can work well. I did a ton of original hand ties as well
For the most part fly fishing salmon is about getting to the right depth because outside of pinks/coho under good conditions the strike zone for salmon in rivers is often small. At times you can run 20 different patterns right on their nose and they just won’t take. Be ready to try different leader lengths and if you can swap lines or tips it helps. If you see a fly fishermen that is really hooking up beyond others ask them the leader length they are using it makes a difference more than your fly in many cases.
Good luck
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