Favorite Floats

[jammer_smith]

Did the James from Shelvin to Hootentown last weekend. Man that float was boring. I am all about scenery and exciting water. There were a couple of bluffs, but nothing too interesting, and the majority of the float was flat, wide, and slow. I brought fishing gear, but there were just way too many people on the river to try and fish.

My favorite float is Upper Jack's fork, but it gets super low late in summer, so you have to go early. My second favorite float is the lower Jack's Fork. Mammoth River in northern arkansas is fast and fun and has good fishing, but is a major party river so it usualy has tons of people on it.

Also, what is your preferred thing to float on? I acutally love my inflatable kayak. It's tought enough to handle everything I've taken it to thus far, no leaks or pops. It's obviously much easier to store and transport than a regular hard body kayak.

[BROUSER]

I have a Madd River 18 ft Discovery Kevlar, about 85 lbs. Had it for 15 years, still in great shape. Handles great, never flipped. Shelvin to Hootentown is a boring float. Delawaretown to Shelvin is about the same, but better for fishing. Of course, there is one section where there is no way through and you will have to wade brush, but there are some neat features to make up for that.

[lolabelle]

My husband was disappointed in the fishing from Kerr to JRO. That's the trophy section, but we didn't see much. Quite a few suckers, which is no surprise there.

We have a Triton, a jet boat and several canoes. Our favorite canoe is a 17' Old Town that we bought off a guy who used to take it up to the Boundary Waters.

[lolabelle]

Jammer_Smith, have you done the Spring River down by Mammoth Springs? Can be crowded, but there are several fun drops on that float.

[jammer_smith]

That's what I meant. The river I called "Mammoth River" in my post above is Spring River, just forgot the proper name. I used to live in Thayer, right across the border, so yeah I've floated it several times. Very fun. Nice and deep and fast all year round thanks to the giant (dare I say Mammoth) spring at it's headwater.

I love all of those little stair-steppy mini waterfalls, and the current carries you along at a nice pace. It's a blast in a Kayak. It was actually on that river that I fell in love with Kayaks over canoes.

[ropingk]

the gasconade is a ok river in a john boat i guess it would be good for a canno or kyak