I've done a 19-mile float trip where you start in Tennessee and float into Kentucky. We went in late summer both times and I wailed on the smallies in the eddies and above/below the rifles. On the second trip the river ate my SA rod and a redline reel that 'Fish' Fishburne had autographed. We floated in 14' canoes and bottomed out two or three times. We took out just after Devils Jump which we successfully ran the first time, and portaged the second. I'm not to familiar with the area though so I'm not sure how relevant this information will be. Hope it helps.