Tar

From Allen Vaughan:

See A Paddler's Guide TO Eastern North Carolina, by Bob Benner and Tom McCloud.

This stretch of the Tar runs through a very rural area with only
a couple of houses and one bridge to break the wilderness feel. The scenery
is mostly deciduous forest covered, rock studded, hills ranging from 60 to
as high as 150 feet above the river with occasional small cliffs and rock
outcroppings. The area is abundant with many species of flora and fauna. The
river averages around 50 feet or less in width, occasionally spreading a bit
and becoming split into as many as 5 channels around islands. Strainers and
clogged passages are always present and should be watched for. Most of the
whitewater is located below the Granville county 1622 (Cannady Mill Rd)
bridge. It consists of mostly rock gardens and small ledges. For the best
run and most free passages run river right above 1622 and extreme left most
of the way below 1622. About 3.7 miles below the putin The river narrows
considerably and at lower levels flows between rocks located on both sides.
This rapid is known as 'Schoolbus' because of an old bus parked at the end of
a field on river right below the rapid. at lower levels this is a fairly
straight forward class 2. At higher levels above 5 feet, it develops large
waves and holes as it becomes a class 3. Note: Schoolbus rapid has changed
since The publication of the Benner/McCloud book due to recent hurricane
flooding.

The rest of the run is flat water.

This area is used heavily by local hunters in The fall and has a few Tree
stands overlooking the water, so a little 'blaze orange' isn't a bad idea.
Water flow below the entrance of Little Fishing creek is subject to large increase when that creek is running high and this is not accounted for by the gauge for this section. There are no stores in the imediate vicinty so be sure

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