Pigeon

Buddy and I ran it this past weekend. At 560cfs my opnion is it was on the low side of what you'd want. Runnable, but lots of rock and shoal dodging for the first half of the river at that level (we used the put in at 35°36'02.7'N 82°57'03.0'W, not the Jonathan's Creek option) I would like to try it again at maybe 200cfs or more, I think it might clean up nicely and form some nice wave trains and surf spots. The character of the river using our put-in makes for a really mellow first half, with all the action in the last 3 miles.

The water when we ran it was clear and didn't really smell-- maybe a bit, but only really noticed it because I knew it had been an issue in the past. Like Sean said, the FB has been worse at times. Really pretty river overall.