A great run through Rubber - Middle Fork July 1988

One of the biggest drops on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River is known as "Rubber". I imagine some big sweep boat left a chunk of itself on one of the rocks in this drop and that is how it was named. Needless to say it is a big drop for the Middle Fork. Most of the rest is technical. This one is big and to my memory it gets bigger as the water gets higher. Many of the other drops wash out. Not Rubber. This picture is the leading end of an 18-foot Chubasco gear boat, blasting its way through the wave and making its way out of the main drop. Big fun. Great river.