Tuckasegee

My buddy and I are students from WCU and we went out this morning (05/07/09) around 11:00 a.m. The level was at 5,810 CFS. I have been down the tuck countless number of times instructing, or just for leisure. Today was the funnest I have had out there. We put in Dillsboro and paddled Scotts Creek into the Tuck. Right across the hotel there was a new tree down, and those little rapids there weren't too bad. Once we got down to Railroad then things 'beefed' up a bit. It added some new features on River Left, and the Railroad hole was pumping at this level. It look a bit choppy, and I had a creek boat so I didn't get in. As for the other rapids. nice 2-3 foot waves. There are numerous decent playholes and waves along the way. Double Drop had a face lift to it. It had about 3-4 ft waves in the middle which were fun. To sum it all up, The Tuck at 5,800 is like running the entance rapids to the Nantahala Falls. It was a lot of fun consider the fact I drove about 13 minutes to get there.