Actually I did avoid a lot of the crowd by drifting from the Barrier damn to Mission. Luckily I ran into a few nice Steelies and a handful of not so nice Silvers, but it was nice to have a little peace above the zoo for most of the day. I only saw half a dozen boats above blue creek and hit all but one of my fish up there. It all went downhill when I hit the crowd. Still, no matter how you look at it a day on the river beats the *#$@ out of any other day.