Enjoyed the trip report and pictures. Are the rapids harder than they look
in the photos? Even Bull Sluice doesn't look too difficult, though I know
there are many underwater entrapment points.

Glad you enjoyed it. We did Sec II and only did the very begining of
Sec III and that's when the river is classed III/IV and Vs at higher
levels. There's only one rapid of any consequence in Sec II and that
would be Big Shoals which I would prolly class as a II+ maybe III at
the levels we did it at.

It's hard to tell at Dicks creek from where we shot our pixs since we
walked it river right of the classic line . The classic line is a 5/6
ft drop/slide with a must make eddy right immediately after the drop.
I can really see swiming there in a 16 ft loaded boat and if you look
at the pixs leading away from Dicks you'd know you wouldn't wanna be
swimming that. The levels were very low (1.4) so I'm sure things
looked a lot tamer than at levesl over 1.8 or so. The pixs of Bull
Sluice both because of the angle, light and low water is a bit
deceptive. Being that that was the first time I've seen the Bull live
I also thought "well daimm, this don't look as difficult as I've heard
tell".

I have a video of 2 guys running the Bull on the classic approach and
catching the eddy left just above the drop and then peeling out and
going river right of Decapitaion Rock and while I doesn't look super
difficult I'll reserve judgement for when I try the same thing in my
15ft OT Cascade .............;+D There are also a coupla must make
moves on the approach to the eddy left above the drop that I can see
could be a bit of work at higher levels with much pushier water.

What does "falling" mean in this context? Does it refer to canoeing as a
gravity-assisted sport, or is it some new-school term I don't know?

Oh, just a bit of "colorful" (hint,hint) poetic license...........;+D