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I wouldn't listen too much to the commentary by the paddler who advised skipping this stretch. They clearly didn't hit it at the right flow. Catch this at the right flows and it is a great ride with lots of drops with pools in between. The guage is way downstream so I watch the rainfall upstream at Roff. It rises quickly and drops almost as fast. I drive down from OKC whenever I see at least 2.0 inches of rainfall. I run it about 5-8 times a year.

There can be lots of timber in the stream and scouting from the banks in nearly impossible. Know the river before you jump on it at high levels unless you are skilled. Generally the best rides are on river left. Big Falls and Cheadle Falls are downriver from the state park but can be well worth the paddle at higher water levels. Big Falls is a series of small falls one after another. It is full of trees but there are some great runs thru them. Cheadle is a 10 foot drop. Run it middle river. There is a nice wave train that follows a S curve right to the drop. Get out of the river at the road right below because there is nothing left but flat water after the Falls.

A good indicator of the flow is to look upstream from the Highway 7 bridge (where I usually put in) and see if the drops are completely underwater. If you see timber and rocks sticking up then you may have some knuckle dragging---good time to learn the stream but not the best paddling.
The water has a very high sulpher content and can smell quite bad during the first high water or two each spring.