I normally fish from my boat so I go up the Brady side to launch. the road just makes a loop so It doesn't really matter what side. I think you can get to the river in more spots if you know where to go from the Satsop exit side. The thing to remember is that most of the spots are priv. property and from what I have seen they are willing to let you fish just ask to make sure. I hope to float it this weekend but if it goes out agian might go to the Cowlitz. I hear it's starting to pick up and now they braught the water up a little bit