Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: dennisK on June 20, 2005, 09:46:11 AM
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Hi
Can anyone give me directions to the Elaho River - I'm a nob at trying to find places and got lost with trying to locate the Elaho last year...is it hard to find?
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Go up the Squamish Main, and then turn left at the E-main bridge (which comes after the A-Main bridge) (A for Ashlu) (E for Elaho)
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thanks...is there camping allowed up there?
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There are some spots, that are off the road a bit, where you could probably pitch a tent. To my recollection the Elaho is still being actively logged, which which means that you'll have logging trucks rumbling up and down from 3:00am onwards on weekdays. Best to follow an empty one up, and then pull over when he does, since there'll be a fully loaded truck coming down :o There are many spur roads, which for the large part lead off to nothing, but if they are deactivated, you can often find a nice spot to camp next to a stream along them (there won't be any fish in that stream though, since they're all on pretty steep hillsides.
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It's quite a long haul up there. I think the bridge is at about the 43km marker. Turn left, go across the bridge.....just after the bridge there is a small road leading down toward the river.....check the road before going down to make sure the vhicle you are driving will make it back up. There are a few nice spots to drop a tent down there. The first summer that I moved to BC we camped at the end of that road (about 200 yards down) right beside the slow moving side channel. the side channel is a good spot to toss some spinners for doliies, cutts, and bows. I have caught all 3 species in one weekend there, as well as hooking into 2 BIG coho in November while targetting trout. A tonne of fun that was on spinning gear.
I have been told that the Ashlu and Elaho Valleys have the closest Grizzly Bear population to Vancouver.....so be careful. I have never seen one, but have seen some prints in the mud of Squamish River backchannels that would be way to big for a black bear.
Cheers.....
Peter