I'm glad to see the post of the Slide Hole photo. I use to walk in to the other shoreline when there was an old road that ran about 1/4 of a mile from the highway.

It was bermed and you had to park by the highway several years ago. The last time I tried to walk in that side, the trail was overgrown and I turned around since I couldn't find a way through the bush and being a guy with some heart problems didn't want to go in there alone.

Now the slough we used to wade across is part of the river.

I use to fish the Slide side by parking by the power lines and going down the ravine at the head of the hole then wading out at the tailout and hiking back up the power line road.

Mostly I fished spoons for Dollies (Bull Trout) and it was really good up until Dec. 15th . I was collecting scale samples for a UW fisheries professor for a few years which gave me and my buddy an excuse to go every Sunday in the Fall.

I would imagine that access on the Slide side would be possible going down the ravine now days. When I fished it years ago one had to dodge a few rocks that came off the cliff now and then.

I sure miss that place.