<br /> This was from a post on BoaterTalk.com forum: Thread# 744621 Posted by: BAyoung<br /> <br /> i got to paddle deep only once and maybe having very high water gave me a different perspective. We didn't hike in at all but rather put in on a southern (?)tributary by a playground. The tributary had several good rapids but also had the typical plateau brush to paddle through. You have to be careful here b/c you may just bushwack straight into a seive as i did. Once on deep i thought the were somed rapids but also a couple i didn't want to paddle and no one else did either like daniel d., nathan h., and charlie b. portages weren't bad but i thought that the trip and quality of the run was average at best. again this may be due to high water since the soddy gauge was underwater. <br /> <br /> sorry about poor spelling<br /> <br /> Ed. Note: The level we paddled at, you could see a lot of the gauge, but I don’t remember the exact level. I do remember that the concrete footer on the bridge pillar located at the Big Soddy takeout, when the water was at the top of footer it was a “normal” level for Soddy, and it was underwater for our run on Deep Creek.<br />