Drifting and fishing

Roybrew

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6am put in on local river right below hydroelectric dam. They were running 1 generator until 5am, so the water was low and cold. IMG_20210729_062233634~2.jpg The two buddies I was with had their river pontoon boats and I was in my solo canoe. We left a vehicle 12 miles down stream at the take out, it was going to be a long day.IMG_20210729_065022334~2.jpg Lots of shallow shoals.IMG_20210729_072031_01.jpgScreenshot_20210731-072157~2.jpgIMG_20210729_121306164~2.jpg They were scheduled to start running 2 or more generators at 10 am. By 11 we were a couple of miles below, when the current started picking up.IMG_20210729_085801584.jpg a nice rainbow trout. IMG_20210729_100641057~2.jpg the umbrella didn't work out to well. By noon it was getting hot outside.Myron (1) 07292021.jpg the current was very fast by 1pm, 4 to 5 mph, so it was a little hard to concentrate on fishing when I was cruising over shallow rocks and washed down trees. The water rose 5 feet since we put in that morning. http://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/6109ff2db66ab/VID_20210729_134159448.mp4a little fun.1627649426163~2.jpg
 

Roybrew

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It's a nice way to fish and enjoy lots of scenery that can't be seen otherwise. Right after we started out, I noticed there were double white bands painted on some trees along the shore line. It didn't take long to figure out what these were. They were marks to show how high the water can get at certain generation periods. The first band was 5 feet above the surface of water I was sitting on at that time. It's scary how fast the water can get up.
 
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