Cheat, Dry Fork

4. Jenningston to Hendricks

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July 13, 2003

Trip Report

ReporterBrad Roberts

From Boygenius on Boatertalk:

Dry Fork Hole: (good above 2,000 cfs--Dry Fork at Hendricks)

Woke up and played the Dry Fork hole for about 45 minutes. The level had dropped significantly, but it was still really good for throwing ends both ways and splits both ways. It was fun, controllable, and powerful enough that it was unnecessary to push very hard to make the ends go through. The second hole was REALLY shallow, so I avoided it like grandma's armpit stink. There was no one else around...I LOVE WV!!!

How to get there:

From Hendricks, WV (Lower Blackwater take-out town) head south on 72 (river will be on your right) After passing 2 Otter Creek wilderness trailheads, split off onto a much smaller road on the right--72 will leave the river at this point, and the smaller road drops down to almost river level and continues to follow it. Drive the smaller road for 2-3 miles. Eventually, this road will cross a small trib, then leave the river uphill to the left. I've been told that at 5,000 cfs and higher, an AMAZING wave forms right there at the put-in. To play the lower water spots that I played, head back downstream to the next pull-off at the side of the river. This is right near the next rapid below the put-in rapid. In that rapid, the stream wraps to the river left around a small island and has 2 good holes and sometimes a wave.

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