Clear Creek

just FYI, there's a pretty big strainer about a mile before the Jett takeout in a place where the river narrows. Easy portage on river left. A couple members of our group paddled past, but many got hung up in the strainer and needed help. Easy to see ahead of time, just use discretion, especially with beginners!

As of 12/31/07 there was a very bad river-wide strainer, a big pine tree, at the bottom of one of the lower rapids (don't know the name of it). It's not obvious from the top of the rapid, though it is visible if you're looking for it--not on the blind side of a bend or anything like that. At low to medium levels it might be possible for small, flexible paddlers to limbo under the extreme river -left side, but don't count on it. This thing is a potential killer, so be especially careful in the latter half of this run.
Andy Messer