Did the RMH-Drayton trip in the last week of August in an inflatable back in 2000. We were completely unprepared, but only had one dangerous moment when we had to paddle like mad to avoid some sweepers on an outside bend.
I do recall a lot of islands, some quite large, and we just took whatever side looked slower.
It was cold, there was snow on nearby foothills, it rained, we didn't catch a single fish and it was one of my favorite trips I've done.
We didn't do a lot of fishing, mostly dragging flies. The lack of a motor made it tough to maneuver to holes, so we just drifted. It was as much for the experience(and the drinking around the fire
) as for the fishing.
There was lots of wildlife. We drifted by one young black bear who was on about an 8 foot high washed out bank and I probably could have bonked him with my paddle. I whispered to my bud to look and the bear did a panicked retreat into the bush.
The next day we passed three baby black bears who looked to be eating berries on a hillside. There was also a 'yote swimming across the river, and lots of deer and birds of many species.
I think we only saw 2 other boats during the trip. It was awesome and I hope to do it again sometime, but earlier in the summer. I'd like to take more time to stop and fish though. There's got to be some beauties on that stretch.
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