Matheny Creek

We caught a dip in the hydrograph between storms over Thanksgiving weekend and found great flows for Lower Matheny Creek. Flow on the Queets was 10,400 cfs at 10am and 10,300 cfs at 1pm. The big gage rock visible from the FR 21 Bridge had a few inches showing and the smaller gage rock to the left was covered. We opted for the put-in at the Hook Branch on Middle Matheny and hiked in there to enjoy a few miles of great class III before running the Lower. Everything was clean with the exception of a few pieces of wood in play that were easily avoided. We were able to duck under the log at the take-out bridge. We were able to boat scout everything. Boaters on the trip included Tom O'Keefe, Omar Jepperson, Boris Startsev, and Leanna Girton.