Daddy's Creek

A group of 6 kayakers ran this on 1-2-21 @3.05 ft. We put in at the bridge on Chestnut Hill Rd. The best put in is actually on the SE quadrant of the bridge. Subsequently , the take-out at Peavine Rd. offers a trail up to parking on river left just before the bridge which would be the NW quadrant of bridge. The distance between the bridges (according to Google Maps) is 8.35 miles. The run took us about 4.5 to 5 hours, and we barely made it to the take-out and dark. At this level there was quite a bit of flat water paddling. The rapids in the 'mini gorge' were all Class I- at best at this level. We only encountered maybe 4 Class II rapids on this entire run. ***There is a wood hazard in Murphy's Mayhem on the left side of the river. The downed tree is running parallel with the river blocking the left side and making a slot between the undercut sieved-out rock on river right. The river current does indeed feed into the rock and must paddle hard to stay to the left as it want to pull your boat to the right. We nearly had a novice paddler get stuck under the undercut on the right. She was able to swim out before her boat was sucked under. There is an eddy at this level right above the rapid on river right which is a good place to set up safety. Not sure if this eddy gets washed out at higher flows. This eddy should not be attempted by a beginner. I would say with the wood hazard this rapid becomes a Class III with Class V consequences.***

***The AW page/map for this run is incorrect. I'm not sure where Sutton Dam is...but all of the class II rapids listed are between Chestnut Hill Rd and Peavine Rd***

I ran this with the wife on 5/16 in our Dagger Axis kayaks. We put in at Chestnut Hill Rd (northwest corner) and took out at Peavine Rd (northwest corner); about 8.25 miles. Both of these corners were not posted and fairly accessible (we used a rope to hoist kayaks up/down the ledges).

We ran it at 2.7ft (Hebbertsburg gauge) and I would estimate it takes 2-3 hours at this level if you paddle straight through. I would not run it any lower, lots of scraping/rock dodging on the shallow class I sections (class II sections were OK). We did not encounter any major obstructions/strainer.

We are novice kayakers and were able to manage all of these rapids without too much trouble.

Watch out for Murphy's Mayhem, it cuts hard left after the drop with the current flowing straight into a large undercut rock which can easily flip you if you don't paddle hard enough out of the flow, as we learned!

Great scenery and beginner run with no real consequences!

Fun large wave train at 5 feet

4-29-14 Chestnut hill bridge-Peavine bridge at 5 feet water level. Said above recommend but we saw no real problems at this water level. Large wave trains and lots of logs and trees that could cause a real problem. It took us just under two hours at this water level on a 13 foot Mini Me and the Mini Max with one kayak as our safety. River crew was George, Steve, Tim, Russell, Debbie Sue, Crisler and Taft. Great and interesting to paddle at this level.

Sam Frances is a local who lives at the Peavine Bridge that has possible put in and take out info. (931)484-1639

Nice easy Class II that is straight down the chute with a small wave at the bottom.

At 2.7 ft on AW gauge or 1.1 ft at Peavine bridge gauge.

This is at 2.7 ft AW or 1.1 ft at Peavine bridge gauge. Lower runnable good on a hard boat.

The best rapid on this section with some small maneuvers and a little spill over.

Undercut rock on left wall.