Tellico

The upper Tellico from the top of the Ledges section through Jerod's Knee can be scraped down pretty low, I don't know if there is a minimum to just plop over the falls, but once things get over 3 feet some retentiveness starts at things like Auto-Boof and Baby Falls.  Low water Jerod's has pin potentials. 

The middle Tellico, below Jerod's knee to Oosterneck can be run as low as 1.4 but that's really just wet rocks.   1.7 is a reasonable minimum and 3.5 is a max for me, I suppose it can go higher but it would start to be a flush.   I would not drive from B'ham unless it is at least 2 ft.  I park a car at Pylon, it avoids messing with Reeder's Rock undercut and some class I slogging down to the Oosterneck takeout.

https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?site_no=03518500 - Tellico gauge

When this is over 4 ft  or dropping down from higher to the 4 ft range start thinking about Citico. 

The Tellico will spike, if the locals aren't there (GDI canoeists in particular) go elsewhere.  It has killed a friend of mine during a spike.



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