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Comment by Don Wakefield on December 29, 2011 at 8:53am

Thanks Greg -- My wooden boat has a jetski engine plus seven layers of glass on the bottom including one of kevlar..... wondering if it would be too heavy for the fish ladder.  I have three inches of foam inside the frames including the bottom so the flotation is about three? times what the boat weighs.  Hope we get to talk soon, and thanks..... Don

Comment by Greg Hatten on December 29, 2011 at 8:36am

Hi Don - thanks for the comments.  Blossom was running at about 1,500 cfs out of Grants Pass on that trip - that's my favorite level for running the Wild and Scenic.  I've been through there a bunch of times and I highly recommend it!!  I like fishing that section as much as running the water and for me, the best "range" is 1,200 cfs to 3,500 cfs.  At those levels, the only way I'd do Rainie Falls in a wood boat is lining it through the Fish Ladder.  I'm in the midwest for the holidays - I'll give you a call when I return to the NWest.  Greg H - 541-232-3565  

Comment by Don Wakefield on December 25, 2011 at 7:36pm

Gregg - perfecto, not a missed stroke.  Wonder how much the flow was that day, and how many times you have been through there?  One of these days I aspire to do that in my jet drifter.  This coming summer 2012 I would like to put in at Graves creek and do the wild section including Blossom Bar.  Thinking I can work up enough speed and have no trouble squirting through Rainie Falls.... Like to talk with you sometime.  Don Wakefield   530 876 3256

Comment by Robb Grubb on October 27, 2011 at 10:19pm

Greg, Great run of photos, messing about in boats...Cheers, Robb