I fished the South Llano here in Texas in May and while it isn't exactly white water it does have some chutes and such that you have to deal with. I didn't have any problem with the yak, I guess I'm getting middle aged and fragile minded so I bailed several times and waded through or around before I really probably had to. It's not a white water yak by any stretch of the imagination but it's likely to handle anything you might fish.