| Difficulty | III-IV |
| Length | 1.4 mi |
| Avg Gradient | 100 fpm |
| Gauge | Daddys Creek Near Hebbertsburg, Tn |
| Flow Rate as of 1 hour | 37 cfsbelow recommended |
| Reach Info Last Updated | July 16, 2026 |
Yellow Creek is not a classic micro-creek akin to the likes of Island or Little Clear, but the water is generally clean, and it's an interesting little run to paddle when there's enough water with some pretty little spots and a few good drops. The best thing about Yellow Creek is that it dumps into Daddy's Creek right above the good stuff on Daddy's, so it's a great put-in option when Daddy's Creek is running on the high side.
The run starts with a bedrock rapid that finishes in a nice 6-foot sliding drop. After this is a set of wood-filled, undercut drops, With Teeth. Be on guard, especially at higher flows, as containing a trip in here is tight and awkward. After a tight bend to the right, quickly get out and scout the next one for wood. This is the big rapid on the run, Pretty Hate Machine. It is a Class IV drop with a nasty sieve on the right and a tight undercut passage on the left. You'll want to understeer this one on the left. Getting out above it is tricky and the rapid itself is often full of trees, so be super careful.
After this, the quality steps back up with plenty of read and run Class III. A hundred yards or more below the big one is Downward Spiral, a cool drop that needs to be entered on a channel on the left by ducking through some brush. Once into the groove, a nice 4 foot tall slot boof presents itself.
Next is Broken, a fun drop where you boof right off a center rock into an eddy, then ferry in behind the boof with all the flow, which slams into an undercut on the river left wall. You are heading towards the undercut, but if you drive right too soon or angle too hard right, you will hit a fan rock that will most likely deflect you hard into the undercut. Patience, grasshopper!
Here you're not even half a mile in, but the action lets up, the stream widens, and small trees grow in the creek. It's a 1 mile bash at all but the cushiest levels down to Daddy's from here.
While there are often days where Yellow can be
...Parking upstream river right 30 feet 80 feet from bridge
Pay attention here, that's all. There is wood and undercut banks.
Its easy to blow right into this one, and its the hardest rapid on the run. Enter center then right, catching an eddy behind a boulder in the middle. From this micro-eddy you can see the line clearly. Left of center all the way down, knifing through an undercut notch. There is a drain sieve on the right in the hanging eddy halfway down. Don't mess with it. You may or may not be able to see a whirlpool sucking water down, but there is room for more in there.
Tight and fun. You will miss the entrance channel on river left your first time, but can launch in off a rock for the final drop, or ferry back upstream and enter the channel at the top.
Boat scoutable, just boof off right into the hanging eddy to see what the deal is
Water volume increase, Water quality decrease. If Daddy's is up, get ready for a ride. There's no takeout here so a run on Yellow is a high water run on Daddy's. Strap in.