Dan,
I'm not familiar with that specific area. The eel river is soo crooked, with so many forks, its confusing to keep track of it. I had to call a dfg biologist to decipher the regs for me for just right here near home, main stem eel and middle fork eel. My wife and I both have lic for both states and fish all along 101 and 5 when we go to pdx. Some day, we'll take the coastal route up through oregon, haven't done that yet.
I fish Fort Bragg area whenever I can get away. I'm not so big on hunting. I went up into the Mendocino National forest with friends for 3 years in a row and never saw a deer, let alone a buck. Two years ago, I came home from the dump and saw him up the hill from my house (I live on a ten acre lot in a forest, more vertical than horizontal); got my first buck. ANyway, the deer season is sooo short now, its hard for me to justify getting the license and tag every year. At least I can fish all year round, and i'm learning the steelhead here in my own "backyard", with the help of you folks on OFF.