Little Niangua Floatable

[Nightbrew]

Guys, I have never floated on the little niangua and was wondering if it floatable now. Im ok with some dragging but would like to avoid a situation with more dragging than paddling. Any advice on a stretch? Might do an overnighter. If possible reference points/accesses mentioned in the paddlers guide as I am not familar with the local landmarks. Any advice is appreciated, thanks ahead of time

[GloryDaze]

Not sure about now, but first and last time I did the upper stretch it was a mess. Shallow, portaging, etc..... every .5 mile or so. It honestly sucked.

Next 2 times, put in at the campground, think it's called "Cedar Grove" and floated to Fiery Fork Conservation area. Definitely a better float with more water and less portaging. I think there were 2 bridges that needed portaging, but overall not too bad.

Hope this helps....

[Goggle-Eyed]

I too think you would be fine on that section. it is cedar camp www.cedarcamp.net

Great float and great fishing, I haven't floated in a couple of years but always caught lots of "fish" a wide variety and rarely "big" fish but lots of decent fish.

Joe

[stream stalker]

On 6/30 I put in at Fiery Fork conservation area and paddled about 1.5 miles upstream and floated back. Water was great for floating that day, fishing was pretty good too. I had to walk a couple of shallow riffles but overall quite floatable. Gauge was at about 5.0 Cfs that day.

-SS

[Nightbrew]

Tell me if Im wrong here but the current cfs shows .31 Am I wrong in saying there is no flow in this river. Normal for this week shows somewhere from 10 to 20 cfs. Any advice? Also thanks for mentioning fiery fork and cedar camp. I see fiery fork on the river map, but can someone give me a mile marker estimate of ceder camp, thanks Nightbrew

[GloryDaze]

Pretty sure it's Howard's Ford around 21.8. Not sure on the CFS...... the guide I normally us is anything less than 100 is pretty low. Try calling the campground they should give you a good update.

[fishinwrench]

It's hard to go by CFS on the LN (Macks cr. Guage), I assume because so much of it slips underground and them comes back up sporadically throughout it's length. 5.0' on the height gage is about perfect though.

[Goggle-Eyed]

It's hard to go by CFS on the LN (Macks cr. Guage), I assume because so much of it slips underground and them comes back up sporadically throughout it's length. 5.0' on the height gage is about perfect though.

My thoughts exactly...