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Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

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As described by William Nealy, "a single sloping ledge terminated by a huge cresent shaped hole." That pretty much nails it, even post-Helene. Jaws is a GREAT place to spend the afternoon surfing. Tuck tight when you flip upstream because the rock shelf causing the hole is never very far away no matter the level...it's been known to munch more than a few paddles. Good eddy access from the right. At higher flows Jaws could be called III+ due to its violent sticky nature but plenty of people still like to get a chunky slice of it. Hurricane Helene moved a new rock a few boat lengths downstream of Jaws on its left side, which has made the hole stickier and more symetrical, with less of a sneak and easy out on the left.