Railroad Rips (RRR)

After passing Hwy.41 high overhead, the river swings left down rock-rubble rapids, leading to a railroad bridge with a pier splitting the flow.

Watch for woody debris hung up on the bridge pier and (if present) head river-left to the inside of the bend. The current is less strong and the riverbank slopes, making it possible to get out if need be. (River-right is a vertical rock wall.)

In the right (main) channel, at some flows, there can be a wave at the upstream-edge of the bridge.

Unfortunately, repeated highwater events have precipitated the need for quarried rocks to be emplaced around the bridge pier. As a result, there is no longer an eddy here, and any possibility of play is now COTF (catch on the fly).

The pool (downstream of the bridge) is deep and will have wild swirls and boils at flows over 1000 cfs. At high flows, be aware that strong current downstream heads straight toward shoreline rocks cemented in place (armoring the banks) which can snag branches and trees. Charge hard to the inside/right to avoid being swept into the wall!