I was looking at the water flows for the lower Skagit and noticed that with the Dam releases that it varies about 4,000 cu ft/sec over the course of the day. I'm really new to rivers in a boat, but experienced out in the Sound and the lakes. I've got a rowing surf dory and was thinking about using it on the Skagit. Any words of advice? (Other than the usual, wear a lifejacket etc.)

The water here looks like rocks etc shouldn't be an issue so the slightly more draft shouldn't cause me to hang up on the bottom.

Also the flow looks like it tappers off until about noon or so then rises quickly over the next two hours. I was planning on being off the water by 2pm to avoid the worst of it.

-Gary-
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