Amicalola Creek

Beware of the hole in Rooster Tail at levels above 1.4, maybe lower(the old hwy. 53 bridge guage). The tail washes out and leaves a tongue that leads to a nasty hole. They aren't kidding when they say it's a keeper. I ran it a few years back at around 1.8, after summer rains; it grabbed me hard and wouldn't let go. Finally, I bailed, swam for my life and had to hike out with nothing but my shorts. My boat(Pirouette S) was still upside down, bouncing around, in the hole when I looked back from the mountain top. The next day(level around 1.4) we went back to look for the boat and there it was, still hard stuck in the hole, just like it was left the day before. It took considerable effort and back-woods ingenuity to get it out. The wierd thing is that it doesn't even look like much of a hole, but it's just the right size to grab a boat and it's also really rocky underwater. If the river is high enough to make the hole sticky, you probably won't be able to get anywhere close to it on foot, for rescue or boat retrieval. Avoid it!