Piper,

It's not really that tough a section if you're familiar with your boat and oars. It all funnels down through one chute. I'm basically lazy so I prefer to leisurely set myself up early at the top right side along the bank and follow the seam down through the chute. Typically I try to avoid having to make awkward adjustments through thin tail water or later down in the heavy stuff. That way all I need to do with the oars is dip occasionally to maintain attitude and keep the bow into the waves. The problem for first timers is they typically tend to over correct or worse they wait too late to make their adjustments. This is just not a good place to do either. I think it's generally a good idea to keep oars out of heavy water as much as possible but I have found that it's difficult for someone just learning to row and who is not familiar with their boat to lay off the sticks at these times. Oh well we all gotta learn the hard way. But river rats and guides like Bob sure make it look easy don't they. Pure poetry in motion if you ask me.

The new dudes might want keep in mind there are definate advantages to floating rivers with alot of boat traffic for the first time. If you're not sure you can always hold up and wait for a boat or two to come through and watch and learn from their example. Of course, it's always nice to know there will be someone at the bottom end to fish you out if you dump it too. On a river like the Bogey you won't have to wait long either. Who knows, you might even get to watch Bob float through. Stay clear of his tater gun though.