Tye

Ran from church down to AT swinging bridge. Level was 380 cfs and was a great intro to the tye for my boys. Was certainly boney and hitting rocks was par for the course- it still had enough water to make the drops exciting. I would certainly come back to the tye at this level but think that another 100cfs would really pad the rocks a lot more and really step up the difficulty. At this level, I would say this was a class III run with no stopping- a swim would have been long and nasty since the river really does not stop in the first half of the run (until you go under the second bridge- counting the one at the putin) With added water this is easily a class III-IV section and would require a strong roll since a swim would take a long time to collect. Did not notice or have to deal with any strainers but with a little more water would scout the first big right hand turn (big rock slot) for debris was a lot of 'giant toothpicks' in that area.