Rutherford Creek

I'd like to offer a rule of thumb on rainfall, but there seems to be no standard that offers consistency. Sometimes a short afternoon shower can bring it up for a brief but runnable period. Sometimes it will just get muddy and not even offer to rise. When those good half-day rains come it will usually cooperate. Springtime rains can sometimes keep it runnable for a week at a time.Low levels are a small seal launch from the upstream side of the bridge.

There're some very slight ripples just a minute after the put in- sometimes things/ trees get hung there- but basically  it's a very insignificant float for the first few minutes.

Soon there will be bluffs on river right and you might notice an old car halfway submerged- actually there are two depending on river level and foliage. That means the first rapid is near- it can usually be heard a good way before you get there. This rapid is created from the man made dam used to hold back water for the rock crusher on river left- thus this rapid is called 'Rock Crusher' or 'Crusher Rapid,' not hard to scout from boat and can be scouted from bank. The landowners are real touchy since it's a chemical plant that is under presuure from several groups and govt agencies to clean up 'stuff' - so I wouldn't get on the bank if anyone's around. The road above was once used freely by locals to park and fish and now they press trespassing charges.

Depending on water level this one is always class II, sometimes II+ and in my humble opinion it reaches class III under the right circumstnaces. At lower levels the water funnels to river left and it's a downstream v with a little curl on rapid left. Good eddies on both sides. Pretty good place for enders and surfing, ferries, peel-outs and such. There are rocks that can bop your head if you flip- especially if you're to the right of the main current. At medium to high levels there a pretty good wave train that forms and it can extend all the way across the pool and under

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