Wind

April 23, 2014
Ran this section with a buddy yesterday it was about 850-900 cfs at the time. Due to this being on or near the Indian reservation you may need a special reservation fishing permit to even boat this stretch however I did not have one and had no issues boating. Put in and take outs are very hard to figure out but we just used the public fishing access points located all along the stretch except for the upper put in which takes you to the best rapids on the run. To put in at the upper most puttin park at the fishing access at the dubois fish hatchery and float or walk the stream about a half mile and you will flow into the main wind river. Pretty much all class 2 maybe a few class 3 rapids especially if the water is higher. However at 800 cfs the water was all flowing and moving at a good speed several nice fun wave trains and play spots. Tons of eddies to catch. There is probably a range in the river if it gets high enough that it will eather all wash out if there is enough water or become a big water type feel to the run. Respect all private property and on river right is a lot of peoples houses just yards from the river so respect there land to and you should have no problems. Around May is when the snowmelt should start effecting the wind river.