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A friend and I had a great overnighter on the Toccoa this past Friday/Saturday.  Water was running a little over 500 cfs which was great.  There was a solid push all the way with very few "dead zones".  I can imagine that even at the recommended minimum 350 cfs, you would have to watch your lines to avoid scrapes.  Two deadfalls are present above Margret's Drifts.  I'm not sure how far upstream but they were easy to spot.  I don't know if they constitute a warning flag either, but we did watch three guys in a canoe flip trying to go around the first.  I've flagged it just to be sure.  The first tree has a passable gap on river left.  The second tree stretches the full river width and we had to portage around it.  Not easy, but doable.  Both trees are a foot or more thick and will probably be there for quite some time.  Forrest Service has posted a "No Camping" sign on river left at the Swinging Bridge just above M.D.  I don't know how new the sign is, but we spoke with a fellow camper who said it was posted because of excessive littering.  No sign on river right, but the ban may still cover this area too.  Camp here at your own judgment.  Several primative camp sites are open and available just before and just after the Drifts, though.  Good trout fishing.  500 cfs made the Drifts look a little indimidating with our boats loaded with gear.  No problems running them in the morning, though.  We actually had an interesting encounter with a family in four canoes that split their party up because some of the younger ones didn't want to run the Drifts.  There really is no hiking around these rapids.  The family finally connected up after more than an hour . . . back at the bridge with all four boats more than a mile downstream.  It was a reminder to me that scouting and proper planning are essential even on a relatively flat river like this one.  If you MUST walk around the Drifts, try the right river bank.  Forget portaging all the way, but an intimidated passenger might be able to walk around this way.  The rest of the trip was great.  A little cold for the morning run, but very nice.  At the present water level, we estimated that the trip could be done in 6 hours if you stopped for lunch.  I took a good many photos.  I'll try and post some later.  - Austin