Not to sound ignorant,as I am not familiar with the river above Hope. Would the current up there push a boat of that size back down the valley to the shallows or would it hold it in a back eddie or hole up there.
I remember as a kid going up the canyon with dad and seeing that pool I think it was just above Yale,(huge back eddie). He would say boy if you fell in there they would never find you, how deep is the river up in that area. just curious never been up there in the boat