Chattahoochee

Twice recently I've had the pleasure of running the metro hooch around 8000 cfs. Its sweet.

First ledge. The hole on the lower left is really big. It looks friendly, but you would have to drop it from above, and we've been skirting it. There is no good eddy to look at it before you drop it, and if you miss it you are on to the next wave/hole. The midstream ledges are awesome!! Surfing everywhere. Holes, waves of all types and descriptions. Most of them are one shot deals, but if you don't catch the one you are going for, be heads up and there will be another close by. After that is a good breath catching stretch of flatwater. Which leads the second set of ledges :-) Best surfing is top right, then start working to the middle. In the bottom middle of the channel are two large holes. The top one is more of a cool, but really big breaking wave. Its good to go. Behind that is a full blown hole. I've seen it played in, but not often. The eddy lines here at this level are big, boily, and mobile. Just below hole #2 is the only eddy you will come to midstream. Take a breather. More surfing is just below to either side of the island. The best hole is directly between the eddy and the island, but its hard to see until you get close. From there work back to the right of the island and grab whatever hole you can drop. At this water level I was perferring the faster boat over the spud for making the moves. (but the spud rocked once you made the moves).

Below the island it flatten out until you get to the next ledges. The next set, start right of center, then start working right. Once again, drop anything you can. No eddies - so all the holes are one shot deals. On the right, where there is flatwater, is a nice big surfing wave. Once again a one shot deal.

Then things flatten out for a bit. Next thing is the squirt spot. Nice wave beside the eddy. Long boats can ender, short boats can throw multiple ends. The wave beside the eddy is finicky.

The big VW sized boulder is very close to covered at 8000 cfs. Great eddyline for squirts and such. Below that is the I-75 bridge. The bridge is a hoot. Boiling eddy line. Marching and moving eddy fences. There is a great wave toward the bottom left with a good bridge piling eddy. Surfing the pillow above the top pilings is fun, but sketch.

Below the bridge is a great wave on the right. Another once shot catch on the fly deal. There is a tempting wave below this one, but stay away, its made by a rootball and backed by 75 feet of underwater strainer. Below this is mostly flatwater, with two or three smaller waves before you get to the takeout. At this level the water will be mostly runoff. Rolling and swimming is not recommended.