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West Fork Wed. 5\13
Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 10:44 am
by onariver
I am hoping to paddle Brentwood to W F this afternoon.Would enjoy the company of any like-minded adventurers who might be so inclined. I am pretty flexible on the time. Post if interested and we can work out the details. Steve Anderson
Re: West Fork Wed. 5\13
Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 10:56 am
by nathan richard
floated down from brentwood yesterday and the first half was low in spots. never had to get out though...
Re: West Fork Wed. 5\13
Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 3:21 pm
by kru1
Checked it on the way into town. I have certainly floated it lower, but would not argue that it is high or even ideal.
Just checked Clear and it is low but runnable, and I would guess Lee would be about the same.
kru
Re: West Fork Wed. 5\13
Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 5:44 pm
by onariver
Thanks for your info input, Nathan and KRU. While I would rather paddle low water than no water, I couldn't get any boat abusers to join me. Trip postponed. It's raining now. Will try again- not necessarily the same stretch of water. Steve
rollin, rollin, rollin on a river CCR
Re: West Fork Wed. 5\13
Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 8:39 pm
by Mike_P
Four of us did Woolsey bridge to Westfork park Tuesday evening (5/12) level was about 6.2. Waves were fluffy but shoals were kind of bony. Would think above that section even lower. Would love to do this section at about 7 ft. Can anyone confirm that's a pretty perfect level?
BTW a few downed trees making large stainers on our section (a couple were river wide).
Mike P.
Rogers
Re: West Fork Wed. 5\13
Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 9:24 am
by nathan richard
it's always hard to tell with that gage since it's a ways down stream. this time it worked pretty well, but i usually just ask KRU.
but yeah, i think around 7' is perfect.
Re: West Fork Wed. 5\13
Posted: Sun May 17, 2015 8:51 pm
by mike e
Mike_P wrote:Four of us did Woolsey bridge to Westfork park Tuesday evening (5/12) level was about 6.2. Waves were fluffy but shoals were kind of bony. Would think above that section even lower. Would love to do this section at about 7 ft. Can anyone confirm that's a pretty perfect level?
BTW a few downed trees making large stainers on our section (a couple were river wide).
Mike P.
Rogers
A couple of us ran winslow to west fork this morning" may 17" it was pretty perfect. I like to do it when the gauge reads 20 ish feet . Never checked it today but it was prob close ?? Lots of hole punching lots of rolling. It was a great level. Water at the park was covering about 1/3 of the parking lot. We walked around 1 tree below slicker falls but I think that was it. Great fun close run.:)
Re: West Fork Wed. 5\13
Posted: Sun May 17, 2015 9:50 pm
by kru1
Checked it this morning around 8:30/9:00ish, saw two vehicles parked along 71 just down stream from the Winslow put-in/Slicker Falls. Was that y'all Mike E? None the less it was running when I checked it.
Think that it peaked around 13' on the Fayetteville gauge, it has obviously been bigger but I think y'all caught it at a decent level.
Thanks for the update.
kru
Re: West Fork Wed. 5\13
Posted: Mon May 18, 2015 5:50 am
by mike e
kru1 wrote:Checked it this morning around 8:30/9:00ish, saw two vehicles parked along 71 just down stream from the Winslow put-in/Slicker Falls. Was that y'all Mike E? None the less it was running when I checked it.
Think that it peaked around 13' on the Fayetteville gauge, it has obviously been bigger but I think y'all caught it at a decent level.
Thanks for the update.
kru
Yes sir that was us. We were heading for clear but couldn't resist all the rolling waves :)