Jim,
We were there last September and the water level was about 20% of full. There were places exposed to air that hadn't seen air in many years (old foundations, etc). Below Pactola the immediate area was infested with didymo so badly that fishing was not possible. All aquatic life had been killed off, and the fish moved down stream. To fish there, and then move somewhere else would only insure the spread of didymo. In addition to all that, there was very little water in Rapid Creek there. Didymo was also fgound in Rapid Creek near Mystic, and in Deerfield below the dam.