From the put-in at the confluence of Rich Creek in Spanishburg there is a 3.3 mile paddle of class 1 water to a breached dam. The dam is runnable on the right and with permission paddlers may put in here. The last mile above the Eads Mill bridge has the most gradient(40'/mile) and two of the rapids in this section are named. Bear Claw which is sloping ledge with an undercut shelf sticking out from river right and Gwinns which is just above the Eads Mill bridge and contains an undercut cliff face on river left. Camp Creek enters from river left just above this rapid.