Old-timers weekend on the Hiwassee

pblanc · Post by **pblanc** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:26 pm

Interesting past weekend on the Hiwasee. I never saw so many boats putting on as I did Saturday morning, and I thought I had entered a time warp. I saw a lot of boats I hadn't seen for a while, at least not in one place, and a few I hadn't seen.

A partial list: Dagger Prophet, Blue Hole Suburst (I), Whitesell Pirhana, Whitesell Descender, Millbrook Big Boy, in addition to the usual Bell Ocoees and Prodigys, Dagger Impulses, Legends, and Encores, Mohawk Probes, and aluminum Grummans.

Me? I had a boring old Dagger Ocoee.

Some old kayaks too including a Dagger Outburst and Crossfire, Perception Corsica, Corsica S and Corsica Matrix, Noah Stratoquatic, and an old glass slalom K1.

Also ran into some of the Cookeville tribe, and it was nice to see some younger open boaters. You know, those not drooling and wearing Depends.

Louie · Post by **Louie** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 10:47 pm

Must be a trend, you could substitue Tuck last Sat or Nany on Sunday and use the rest of you post as is. I do believe ther might have been more single stickers than butt boater

the Big O · Post by **the Big O** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 4:33 am

It's sounding like Cookeville is the new OC-1 of the Upper Cumberland !!! We raise 'em right.

ezwater · Post by **ezwater** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 1:51 pm

pblanc, you mean Sunday morning. I'm sure there was no Big Boy there on Saturday, 'cause I wasn't.

pblanc · Post by **pblanc** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 5:00 pm

We were there both Sat and Sunday. Although there were quite a few folks there on Sun, there were more than I had ever seen on that river on Sat AM.