well after much deliberation i came to this conclusion... i believe the reason it was so crowded was due to the fact that the Sixes river is still plugged up at the mouth with sand an no fish can come into it, so once we get a good rain for the sixes to rise an unplug itself, then the fish will be in that river(Sixes) an the crowds should dissipate on the Elk river near the mouth... im going back again this weekend for sat/sun....
thats one good thing about flyfishing, you usually clear a path through the maylay an not be so close together... i knew a few peeps that where there with there 14 foot spey rods, an they had all the room they wanted