Hornbeck's Creek

Wood Update: the bad log above twist and shout that wedge caught a few of us is now gone. There is new wood upstream but very visibly pinned on a longterm log in the flow. We rode up and over the Left side of it. We left it in spot as it will drift into a much worse location from where it currently is.

Wayne Gman:
I scouted the creek and the 30' bad log above twist and shout is now beached sort of high in the River Right setup eddy for twist and shout. In its current location it provides no hazard except High water could move it into play down stream. A little z-drag action could help this out a bunch..

There is a strainer in the upper gorge just before twist and shout aka elbow crusher. Its on the creek left side and very hard to see on a river Left scout. Boaters are regularly getting pinned under this large log each time I'm there. They usually get minimal help to get out or mostly to manage gear in the swim out. Scout it on river right to easily see the log. Make a bigger move to the right staying higher to miss the big log. My last run in February saw there was now another less troublesome log stacked in there too. Last seen you could ride out the right side around the one big log and over the new one in the landing pool. Its likely to pick up more wood in this pile.

just because its been run doesnt mean its runnable. Go left on Goliath and you wont be standing straight for a couple weeks

Hornbecks ran today with the Bushkill gauge at 2.3. The best way to check this creek is by the rain gauge. If Hornbecks is primed it will only take about a half inch in Edgemere to get it going. If the area is dry over an inch is what youll want to see before heading up there. Today was a good low level. Goliath was run by Eli Landis-I'll let him tell you about it. Slot machine got heavy looks, but no givers. Good lines on Davids aka 'Devils falls' according to an old local. He also called Goliath '5 fingers'. I managed to find a shelf at the bottom of Davids and pitoned hard! Creased my boat pretty bad-not to mention a hard hit at the bottom of a 25 ftr. I might suggest a further right line and separate a little from the back of the drop at the bottom. Try to keep the bow up too. I am going to swim in when the water drops to locate the piton shelf, there is definitely one in there! Have fun and Be safe!

A big hole forms here at higher water.

Joe Stumpfel is the only other person I know who has run this thing.

Graham on Bobby's, Let the Good Times Roll, Twist n Shout, and Davids.