O'Bannon Creek

Several large river wide strainers observed on the creek today. At low volume two were mandatory portages river left, at higher volumes a couple other strainers may need to be portaged that we were able to duck under today. None were on the blind turns, be cautious, they can be avoided.

Update 7/8/2013
The first strainer is a couple hundred yards or so before the sub division homes back up to the creek on the left. At higher levels you can boof it.

The 2nd strainer can be real trouble, once you round the left bend, past the first set of old bridge abutments, begin to look for the strainer and a spot to park and scout.

The 3rd river wide has washed away during the past week's rain.

Strainer all the way across the stream almost immediately after put-in (before the Gibson Rd Bridge). Easy portage on river left. Ran it today at 500-ish cfs and you could still barely get around the thing. At higher water, it would probably cause some problems.