If that doesn't seem long enough, use the trail as a jumping off point for some excellent backwoods skiing. You'll have to blaze your own trail, but the natural solitude and beauty you're bound to discover should make it well worth it. Your mellow, class I trip starts just below the Kinzua Dam. This trip will take you through the Allegheny Islands Wilderness, past Dixon and Crulls Island. Here the valley is narrow, with steep walls.
Riffles are long and gentle, the pools relatively short and with no 'dead' water.
This is a stretch that you can actually float. Stick to the main channel. The smaller channels in this stretch get very shallow during mid-summer. Fish species found in the Reservoir include smallmouth bass, muskellunge, walleye, northern pike, yellow perch, channel catfish and some brown trout. Tributary streams flowing into the Reservoir, as well as the streams located throughout the Forest, offer excellent cold-water fishing experiences.