Frank Bells

Frank Bells is the second to last rapid on the French Broad (Section 9). It consists of a broken ledge at the enterance to the rapid and two large holes at the bottom of the rapid. There are many routes a raft can take depending on the water level, below ~1500 cfs there is a line rafts can take called horseshoe which is far river right from the middle of the rapid. Above ~1500 cfs the rocks in the middle of the rapid start to get covered by water allowing a raft to pass through. At lower flows on the French Broad a kayak can usually slide down the chutes created by the rocks at Frank Bells but horseshoe is also an awesome line to take in a kayak.