Now is our favorite time of year for the river the leaves falling can be a bit of a mess but the fishing is great. The browns do indeed try to return to the creeks that they have been released in. We try to get down to the upper part of the river at least twice in Late October and early November. I fish barbless due to the slot. My daughter and her daughter(9) put a real smack down on the fish. They both crawl through brush and creeks where I could not possibly make it, some of the water they fish is less than 6 feet wide and often less than 18 inches deep pretty much site fishing. Seems to us the browns are spawning and the rainbows are feeding on the fresh row. I have a zebco ultra light reel rigged on a fly rod for my grandaughter so when she tags a 18 inch trout it is like a 10 pound smallmouth on that 4 pound test. and seven foot rod.