I live about 15 minutes from the Avent's Ferry boat ramp... and as far as I know the Cape Fear, Deep and Haw Rivers are passable and open all the way to the dams (Old Lockville Power Plant (Deep River) and Jordan Dam(s) (Haw River)), where your boating journey ends on both rivers and also at the Buckhorn Dam on the Cape Fear a two miles east of the bridge. I have noticed there have been 15 or 20 boat trailers parked out there the last few times I've been by there and it doesn't appear that the current is too much stronger than normal since Jordan Lake is somewhat back to normal pool and they are not dumping as much water as they were a month or so ago. The normal river cautions do apply, however, as the Cape Fear River is a constantly changing entity and a tree or log, as you know, can break free at any time on any day... and may be floating in plain sight or may be dangerously submerged just inches below water level.
"Just Like Iron Sharpens Iron... So it is that One Man Sharpens Another Man." Proverbs 27:17