Ouachita

Great playspot from 2/3 to full generation (2400-4000 cfs). Great for beginners and experts alike. Many places for novices and intermediate skilled paddlers to work on basics of rolls, ferries, eddies, surfing, etc. Some nice places for freestyle tricks as well (squirts, cartwheels, wavewheels, loops, spins, etc.)

The main playspots from river right to river left (at normal full generation flow) are:

Tiger's Jaw (aka Lion's Den) - Located on the far river right to the right side of the rock island. Small hole good for surfing, spining cartwheeling, looping. Watch the rock in far river right side of the hole and the rock 25 feet below the hole. A fast roll is advised before playing this spot. This is the hole in the above photo. Need full generation flow for optimum, lower flows offer a sticky sidesurf hole with some blast potential. High flows make it flushy.

Island - Small rock island for resting and viewing. Nice eddy to work on flatwater skills and rolls.

Spin Hole - Located just to the left of the rock island. Small hole great for spinning and side surfing. Great for learning these skills. This area offers several places to work on skills for attainments, eddies and ferries. At higher flows potential cartwheels on river right side of hole. Attainment moves available around here.

Front Surf Wave - A small but fast wave. Good for working on surfing skills. Lower levels (2/3 generation) still offer a surf wave plus a small spin hole

Suck Hole - Small sticky pourover in the middle of the river. Great for blasts and blastwheels. An attainment move is possible to the river right of the hole. 2/3 flow is not as dynamic, but small spin hole develops above.

Main Eddy - First large eddy out from the left bank. Large eddy to set up to access the river left features, recover from swims, just hang out. A nice resting rock is locat

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