Tar

We actually started on Cattail Creek, a micro feeder just above Belltown Rd. The micro creek isn't the greatest unless you were to have very heavy rain, but it wasn't too miserable (one portage for a downed tree) and overal the gradient is pretty significant before joining the Tar with some small drops and creeky lines along the way. Most would want to start at Old 75 if you can find a place to park. At our level, there was no scraping and the waves were easy fun and splashy with the largest being right before Belltown Rd. We followed the main flow throughout the river, but there were several drops where it looked like if we took a different channel there would have been a more interesting drop. The only decent surfing was found catching an eddy where a busted dam was, but there were spots throughout to catch a wave on the fly.

Also, there are more rapids even further upstream between Hobgood Rd and Hwy 158. You'd want at least 6 ft on the gage with 7 ft probably being perfect for there. Mostly class I-II with a spot above Hwy 158 maybe reaching class II+. I haven't run further down from there, but it looks interesting on the map all the way up to Culbreth Rd. Someone should explore these sections too since I think the river has more to offer than people may think.