Made it to the top of Solomon/Fish Eagle via Scatter Creek with the help of Pribbs' trip report from July and the GPS track he generously shared. Definitely check his out - it is much more detailed than mine - but I put this together to share a few additional notes.
Brush all the way up to Scatter Creek Pass was wet from overnight rain and - consequently - so were we. My pants were literally soaked all the way up to my waist. After about an hour of hiking, my friend removed his socks and wrung out a significant amount of water with very little effort. The vegetation had thankfully dried out by the time we made our descent.
The sign at the junction with the county line trail that Pribbs noted as absent has seemingly been restored, but is now mounted on a pole rather than on a tree. Even with the help of Pribbs' GPX track, we still had several significant adventures in route-finding. Overgrown brush just makes the trail really hard to follow any time it crosses a meadow (of which there are maybe a half dozen), and several fallen trees made the endeavor even more interesting. We were very thankful to have Pribbs' track to reassure us we were headed in the right direction. That said, our diligence in trying to following his specific track may have been less helpful than the simple note that if you would like to follow the Scatter Creek Trail as far as possible, you should basically - once you reach the first meadow - head straight upstream over level terrain for as long as you can. At a certain point, the terrain will funnel you to a stream crossing, and from there the trail takes an easy-to-follow route straight up to Scatter Creek Pass (which will have been visible from a distance from some time).
Important note: The reason for this crossing is that at a certain point, the north banks of the creek get pretty steep. On the way up, this isn't an issue, because as I just noted, the trail/terrain will effectively funnel you to the proper crossing. On our descent, however, we accidentally crossed the creek a bit early and found ourselves above these steep slopes (and decided to backtrack rather than risk a cliffy descent).
On our return, we skipped most of the tricky meadows by skipping to the south side of Scatter Creek rather than following the designated primary trail. Because this alternative route followed a level path through forest rather than a series of meadows, the bootpath was easy to follow roughly 80% of the time - though not consecutively - and felt much easier than returning via the meadows by which we came. Emerged from this cross-country adventure onto the county line trail about 30 feet south of the brand new sign. If you are interested in following this route, draw yourself a straight line heading east from the County Line Trail-Scatter Creek Trail intersection and follow it (with allowances for the fact that you are traveling cross country) until you find yourself back on Pribbs' track.
There is an obvious campsite at 47.5112228,-120.9967509.
Note to WTA (if anyone is reading this): I don't know how Pribbs managed to tag his trip report "Solomon Mountain, Scatter Creek", but I wasn't able to tag Solomon Mountain myself. This may be because there is no page for Solomon Mountain, which might also explain why "Solomon Mountain, Scatter Creek" is the title in search results but it is shortened to just Scatter Creek once you click on it.
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