I'd skip the beer and take whiskey.

Water filter, crystal light pink lemonaide packs, cornmeal, oil, frying pan, potatos, freeze dried meals, energy bars, fishing gear, cast net, fire starter, butt wipes, trash bag, hammock, sleeping bag, tarp, knife, and spade.

Don't get a trail mix with any kind of candy or chocolate... made that mistake before.. ended up squeezing the melted mix out of the corner of the bag while on a 60 mile bike ride because it was ONLY thing I had left with 15 miles to go.

My biggest fear right now is that our 20 mile river trip is going to turn into a 20 mile hiking trip while dragging a canoe!!!! Anyone been on it lately? We will be putting in under PK dam!

They've been letting out about 200 cfs for quite a while now, that's plenty. I floated it at 46 cfs a few years ago, we had to get out and drag about 3 times on the first 10 miles, about 5 times the second 10 miles, usually on the riffles. Didn't have to drag far each time, and it's a friendly river bottom for walking, not quicksandy or real rocky. If you're in a canoe, when you get to a shallow stretch, get out of the seat and kneel in the canoe, it will lift you a couple more inches.

Fishing gear, cot, sheet, kayak junk, fishing stuff, MREs, Water, Spiced Rum, Foil Packs for breakfast, gun, and "the passenger". A few of you might get that.

I have had my best luck on lighter line and smaller lures below PK, when fishing artificials. I like the 3" small gulps and the 5" trick worms. Small shad imitations worked well also.

I put my cot right at the edge of the water (no tent). It helps to keep cool in the hot texas evenings. You won't need a sleeping bag, just take a sheet. pfd is your pillow.

I am a pack rat, so I take a big bait tank plus cast net. You can keep most baits alive for a long time if you keep them in the river. If you can find deep water nearby, you should be able to catch fish all evening and night long.

They might be in a burn ban, but use one mre heater to cook two meals, and cook your foil packs in the morning on the spare MRE heater.

I take frozen gatorade bottles as water. I'll freeze about 6 or 7 for each person each day. 32 oz ones. I usually throw a few beers in there too for the first night.

This time of year, I would debate taking a motor.

If you are dragging in the brazos, and you aren't in a riffle, then you are not in the main river channel.

Even when my yak was overpacked and at low flow, I only had to drag maybe 5 or 6 times. And those distances are relatively short.

If you have to get out, then that is a great time to fish. Rule of thumb.

My two cents and redundant to everyone else. Travel light because you will portage, but add some weight on a few delicacies.

You do not want to weigh yourself down with water ,so highly recommend the katadyne or similar water filter for your main source of water. This includes camp water (fill up your camelpack or re-use the bag in boxed wine), and also fill your nalgene with the filtered water and add powdered flavoring. Only deviation to this is the last trip I made I wanted to bring steaks for the first night dinner (marinated steaks in Stubbs marinade, placed in ziplock and froze overnight). To keep these cool, I bought a small insulated cool sack and place the steaks along with two frozen water bottles). The steaks thawed and stayed cool until the first nights dinner, but more importantly having that ice cold water that melted in the water bottles was heaven that hot afternoon. so the short answer is I will continue to do the no water/no ice but will include two frozen water bottles. Not that much extra weight/room for the chance at a new cold drink.

To go with those steaks also bring a small cheap grate to cook on and you can also buy a real small back of matchlight to cook. Remember, first nights meal so not extra weight you have to manage the rest of the trip. Other than that food is granola/power bars, hot and mold Mountain house Freeze drieds, canned tuna.

Pocket rocket MSR stove and small pot

LED lamps and headlights

Small shovel

Camp stow away chair from REI (super light and comfortable)

small hatchet/saw.

Extra rope

I have a two man tent, a lightweight (7 lbs) Byer Alabash cot) and thermarest self inflating mattress.

O2 fan if hot

Many others but this is the main points.

The alcoholic beverages is still being explored. Ofcourse beer is good, but have to sacrifice and bring an ice chest and ice. If weight isn't a problem (ie in a canoe), then an ice chest with a block of dry ice covered and then topped up with large ice will last for a couple of days. On kayas this isn't an option. Red wine is a good option because fills a nalgene bottle nicely and doesn't have to stay cold. Bourbon, tequila, etc. are good to sip around the campfire but doesn't help if you are very thirsty and hot. Bourbon and cola is good but still have that ice issue. My next trip I'm going to bring my flask with grey goose so I can freeze bittles of orange juice and then enjoy a really ice cold screw driver. This should work for all spirits as long as the mixer you want to use is freezable.

No, there will be a hand full of areas where you will have to drag the anywhere from 10 - 30 yards, but nothing significant. Even in low flow/low water levels that river is flat and navigable. As stated above, the transistion between deeper and shallower rapids are good spots to fish. Closer to the dam they will also hold trout, plus capture a lot of the nutrients etc coming down the river in the eddy pools. This also attracts foraging baitfish and hence game fish.

for the portaging, have a 5' - 10' nylon road with a loop or handle that can clip on to your bow for pulling the yak. Easier on your back then without a rope.

Would recomend make sure a pair of tweezers and scalpel like cutting edge in your first aid kit. ( I carried a nasty splinter in my foot overnight on a Ar. trip due to lack of tools.)

Apair of gloves for handling paddle to prevent blisters.
and most important.
TP