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This is the flat section in the middle. At the beginning is Hollywood Hole (aka Big Friendly), a nice surfing hole as it's fairly large without being a keeper. At 1600 CFS or so some enders are possible out of the river left side, and it's a stable enough hole to do deck dancing and other such stupid stunts.

At the end of the doldrums Goforth Creek flows in under a bridge from the river right. It's a good place to stop, eat lunch, cool the feet and all that stuff. Please don't stop on river left as this is the start of a bear preserve (I've actually seen a black bear lounging on the bank) and they need all the peace and quiet they can get.

previous : Flipper next : Hiwassee Shoals

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This is a part of the Virtual Ocoee pages of Dan's Whitewater collection in the home pages of Dan Lyke , reachable at danlyke@flutterby.com