Bridge Wave

From the parking lot, carry north on the path and upstream until under the main street bridge. A cement 'sidewalk' (submerged at runnable flows) runs along the river-right wall of the bridge. High flows in 2025 have created a rubble shoals just off that cement path. At most flows, you'll be able to 'beach' your boat on the shoals to mount up.

Paddle upstream under the bridge to play a wave which forms as the flow (coming over the dam upstream) caroms off the upstream face of the bridge and hits the slower water in the pool under the bridge. Currents can be tricky, so you need quick recovery strokes (bracing strokes) to play the wave. If you flip or are out of your boat, it is shallow, and you (and your gear) will be flushed quickly into the opening drop sequence.

In recent years, this wave has been less well formed, so boaters may opt to put in from shore just downstream of the bridge (though at high flows, there won't be much dry shore).