This is a very rarely run tributary to the NF Salmon that passes through some beautiful old growth forest on a granite boulder streambed. It is also frequently full of large wood, strainers, and logjams: exercise extreme caution on this constant-gradient stream, especially where it splits with islands!
To get to the put-in drive up the Yellowjacket Road (40N51) from Sawyers Bar Road, about 1/2 mile downriver from the bridge over the Little North Fork. Park at the trailhead on the right about 2.5 miles up the Yellowjacket Road. There is a sign board here but it is usually not maintained by the Forest Service so don't expect a typical looking trailhead. To reach the Little North Fork, hike downhill about 3/4 mile on the decommissioned road that departs from the trailhead area.
The Little North Fork flows directly into the North Fork at a picturesque confluence just below the Sawyers Bar Road bridge. Continue downstream on the North Fork. The land at the bridge and confluence is private, and there's an established public land take-out about one mile downstream on the North Fork.
For take-out, use the Gallia Mine River Access on the North Fork Salmon River, about one mile below the confluence with the Little North Fork. The dirt road to the take-out leaves Sawyer Bar Road about 1/4 mile upriver of the 10-mile marker. If you're unfamiliar with this take-out, be sure to scout it out at the river before paddling so you don't just pass it by. This river access is also the put-in for the
North Fork Canyon Run.