Have fun out there. Don't forget an extra set of cloths. It's going to be a wet one.
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;D ;D ;DBig Steel said:
Well, river's up obviously...we have a detour or two in mind if she's blown out...looking at the hydrometric data, the upper river has come up about 14 inches from the last trip up there, and the lower end is showing about 12 inches higher...and it's only going up from there! Me thinks a few hours into the trip, we'll be taking said detour, but it would be good to see first hand how the river will react to heavy rains this year with all the damage that was caused by the flood...I expect visibility will be under a foot in the upper river...time to go. Rib
Well, it rained...a bit anyways... At times it came down so hard we couldn't see...we were prepared for the weather though, and both Ogo and I stayed dry till the end. Temperature's had gone up the last couple days, and the snow line was way up, so that contributed to conditions...The river wasn't really blown out at all when we arrived, but visibilty was maybe an inch...maybe, and getting worse quick. It seems all was as expected, and the erosion, newly opened claybanks and other damage caused during the recent flood all contributed to river conditions deteriorating in a hurry...although the river may not blow out any quicker than it did before the flood, the visibilty certainly will suffer every time we get any significant amount of rain. We need a good cold spell quick, that will help.
We fished the limit hole for all of 20 minutes, and then decided to drive over to the chehalis and check it out...
When we arrived it almost seemed to be raining harder, but that's hard to believe by how hard it was coming down on the other side of the valley...Visibilty was around 6 inches when we started, but very quickly the river rose at least a few inches while we were there, and visibilty dropped down to nothing.
So we hit the pub for a beer and some lunch and discussed our options...
On the way back towards the lower mainland we checked out the norrish, allouette...both very dirty, the norrish was definitely blown, but that was no surprise...the allouette was not blown but still real dirty...
We had considered a couple of other detours to check out but chose to leave those for another day...so we checked out one other "creek" that looked more like a raging river, and called it quits for a short, but pleasant day in the valley...it will be interesting to see how long it takes for the river to come back into shape...
Not much optimism here, but the rivers will come back into shape if it gets cold quick, and the blasted rain stops coming down...I was on the vedder on new years eve day and conditions were perfect, it sure didn't take long for the river to turn on us...
Here's a pic of an unnamed detour that we ended our day with...
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At times it came down so hard we couldn't see...we were prepared for the weather though, and both Ogo and I stayed dry till the end. Temperature's had gone up the last couple days, and the snow line was way up, so that contributed to conditions...The river wasn't really blown out at all when we arrived, but visibilty was maybe an inch...maybe, and getting worse quick. It seems all was as expected, and the erosion, newly opened claybanks and other damage caused during the recent flood all contributed to river conditions deteriorating in a hurry...although the river may not blow out any quicker than it did before the flood, the visibilty certainly will suffer every time we get any significant amount of rain. We need a good cold spell quick, that will help.We fished the limit hole for all of 20 minutes, and then decided to drive over to the chehalis and check it out...
When we arrived it almost seemed to be raining harder, but that's hard to believe by how hard it was coming down on the other side of the valley...Visibilty was around 6 inches when we started, but very quickly the river rose at least a few inches while we were there, and visibilty dropped down to nothing.
So we hit the pub for a beer and some lunch and discussed our options...
On the way back towards the lower mainland we checked out the norrish, allouette...both very dirty, the norrish was definitely blown, but that was no surprise...the allouette was not blown but still real dirty...
We had considered a couple of other detours to check out but chose to leave those for another day...so we checked out one other "creek" that looked more like a raging river, and called it quits for a short, but pleasant day in the valley...it will be interesting to see how long it takes for the river to come back into shape...
Not much optimism here, but the rivers will come back into shape if it gets cold quick, and the blasted rain stops coming down...I was on the vedder on new years eve day and conditions were perfect, it sure didn't take long for the river to turn on us...
Here's a pic of an unnamed detour that we ended our day with...
Sounds like a frustrating day Rib. We've all had plenty of those outings. It always sounds worse when reading them though. I always have a good time as long as I am on a river bank.
Tight Lines, Wes Roffey
Tight Lines, Wes Roffey
Nice photo Rib.
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