The River Rat (1984) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088006/
One of Tommy Lees Jones early films. Awesome movie, looked for it everywhere, HOPEFULLY someone out there has a copy on VHS?!?!?!
Plot:
Tommy Lee Jones plays the title character in The River Rat. Released from prison after 13 years, Jones heads south to meet his hoydenish daughter Martha Plimpton for the first time. The father-daughter relationship flounders until Jones takes the girl on a long, bonding raft trip on the river. Both Jones and Plimpton become fugitives from justice when they run afoul of crooked parole-officer Brian Dennehy.