Potlatch

The upper and lower recommended flows of 1000-8000 (cfs) listed as the range for this section are misleading, and maybe even dangerously so. In fact, my preference is for flows under 1,000 cfs.

Here are a few of the levels we have run this section:
(gage at put-in, cfs at Spaulding): (2.4, 325), (2.9, 350); (3.1, 370); (3.15, 500), (3.3, 470), (3.3, 640), (3.55, 750); (3.7, 800); (3.725, 944); (3.8, 700); (3.8, 1200); (4.0, 1750).

Some may prefer higher levels than these, but even the lower levels in this range are delightful, though tight and ledgy in (many) spots. When it gets below about 2.8 expect a lot of bumper boating at the beginning and the end and where the riverbed is wide.