So what's on your wish list? Post it up. Here's a start.
Long weekend is coming up at the end of the month. With a bit of rain and snowmelt, I'm hoping to start my paddling season with a St. Regis/Fish combo on the Easter weekend. Many know the St. Regis, less so the Fish. It's a 15k run with countless surfable waves and a beautiful gorge with waterfalls pouring in on both sides in spring, side by side with 10-15 metre icicles clinging as the last vestiges of winter. If you have "Let it Rain" a guide to paddling in the northeast - there's a great write-up on the Fish. Last time Adrian and I ran it together, we couldn't feel our arms by the end of the run. Sheer exhaustion. Once I'm in New York anyway to paddle the St. Regis, might as well head a little further down the road and hit the epic Fish too. It should be running because the snowmelt from the Tug HIll plateau runs into the Fish. Here is the AW description:
River Description
Fish Creek may be the finest play river in the Northeast, with big, fast waves and holes that range from purring pussycat to sneering tiger. Paddlers may put in below the City of Rome dam (Lat: 43.3377991 Lon: -75.5815353) or at Point Rock (coords given below); the takeout is 1/2 mile below the town of Taberg along Blossvale Road (4.5 miles from the dam, feels like 10 miles).
Most of the action takes place below the dam; you get a shorter, concentrated run, but you have to walk your boat down to put in. The stretch from Point Rock to the dam is more mellow, but many paddlers use it, especially at higher levels (3 feet and above), because that avoids the long walk to the dam; also, the upper section does have good play and some beautiful scenery, with waterfalls (icy in the early spring) cascading down the steep gorge walls at every turn.
So, CDB'ers what about you? What's on your mind. After last spring's low water, I suspect there's a lot of dreamin and anticipating going on about now.
