Competition -> Falcon Access Points

[MaxDrown]

My dad and are floating between Competition and Falcon and spending one night on the river. Could someone please tell me where the access points are near Competition and Falcon?

[fishinwrench]

Oh this is gonna hurt 

Ok, so Mayfield spring (cave) is just a short drive from the crossroads (Competition), it's not marked very well and the best directions I could give on here would just confuse you.  I gotta say though, if you paddle upstream from Mayfield about 1.5 miles there is a bluff hole and set of riffles that are the best I've ever seen or fished.  

There are 2 other worthwhile forest service accesses between there and Falcon....but again directions in text would be a waste of time.   

Chuck Tryon wrote a book and he has some maps in there that will get you really close, but you'll still have to do a bit of freelance exploring to find them the first time.   Don't go in a car, or a 2wd vehicle.   Zero phone service down in there so if you get stuck you're just gonna have to homestead and start eating off the land.    

It's a good stretch of river.  Enjoy.  ?

[MaxDrown]

Thanks for the info.  

We'll be taking two cars to shuttle our kayaks. Unless you know of anyone that would provide shutting services?

[fishinwrench]

You might talk to the folks at the little crossroads store.  One of the girls husband/bf shuttled us once.  It was a bone-buster ride in the back of a flatbed, but it got us where we wanted to be. 

The last I heard, the campground there below Falcon was closed due to death of the owner.  Before that they used to run shuttles in an old white Ford 3/4 ton.