Patuxent, Little

Robert Farmer---New and improved directions: Take I-95 south of Baltimore or north from Washington to Route 32 east. Turn south on Route 1. Follow directions below from this point. There is a put-in just off Guilford Rd, which is the first traffic light north of Route 32 on Route 1, for a longer run of a few miles, rather than just doing the big drop section. I ran this Feb 2, 2008. The day was so nice that I was surprised that no one else was there, at least until late in the day when a group arrived from upstream.
Although the center route over the main (#3 of 5) ledge looked adequately covered at around 400 cfs, I pitoned against an unseen rock and stopped dead before floating over or around it.
The bottom right slot seemed decidedly Class 5-ish: The first time, I made it through nicely, but flipped. The second time, I stayed upright, but got pushed left to a spot under the falls sort of on the edge of the hole, where I stopped near, but not touching, the rocks; if I had flipped, it would have been ugly, so I definitely would not call this Class 2. Also, this entire section was quite bony at 400-or-so cfs; I think it could go a bit higher for the maximum, although it looked extra-exciting the night before at 3,000.
There are some excellent surfing waves just upstream of the ledges section.