Is it flowing too fast for the fish? How do they keep from being washed downstream? I'm guessing they turn to face the flow and wiggle like crazy to stay in place. Used to live near the White River in Arkansas many, many years ago. I remember what the runoff was like there - treacherous, sometimes.
The fish seek slower moving water, near banks and in eddy's. About the only time fish seek fast water is late in summer, when the water temps are higher. It can be dangerous, particularly for people who have no white water experience in a boat.
With the river at this stage my fishing is limited to finding a quiet eddy, and tossing a fly from the shore. I like the way this annual event changes the river, sometimes subtly, sometimes dramatically. It's like the changes that happen to people when something similar happens.
Love the photo.
ReplyDeleteThe morning light looked good I thought.
DeleteRefreshing photo. I do miss scenes like these! Here in California, house cats are still wading across Folsom Lake.
ReplyDeleteI've read parts of the Sierra Nevada mts and the Cascades in Norcal have less than 10% of normal snowpack.
DeleteA wonderful vista.
ReplyDeleteThe odd things I most clearly remember the wind in that wide open valley above the canyon. So on future trip I bought a nine foot rod...:)
ReplyDeleteThe pic is just downstream of the canyon, and yes, the wind can be daunting in the afternoon.
DeleteIs it flowing too fast for the fish? How do they keep from being washed downstream? I'm guessing they turn to face the flow and wiggle like crazy to stay in place. Used to live near the White River in Arkansas many, many years ago. I remember what the runoff was like there - treacherous, sometimes.
ReplyDeleteThe fish seek slower moving water, near banks and in eddy's. About the only time fish seek fast water is late in summer, when the water temps are higher. It can be dangerous, particularly for people who have no white water experience in a boat.
DeleteImpressive. We are getting the symphony of river rocks being ground smooth along with the rushing water.
ReplyDeleteCareful with the fishing, neh?
With the river at this stage my fishing is limited to finding a quiet eddy, and tossing a fly from the shore. I like the way this annual event changes the river, sometimes subtly, sometimes dramatically. It's like the changes that happen to people when something similar happens.
DeleteI wish that river was heading this way.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a great place.