Alex Argyros
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I’ll be there.
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I’ve witnessed a different, but similar issue. Several times this year, I’ve seen anglers walking up from the river, past the #5 parking area, up the road, and turning left at River Road, presumably to walk to Rio where they were parked. I looked to see if they had LAP tags, but I didn’t notice any, nor would it have beenlikely, since LAP members could have parked at our spot. They didn’t look worried when they saw me, suggesting that they didn’t know they were trespassing. Or maybe they were just confident that they wouldn’t get reported.
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I love cypress leaves because they help me improve my casting accuracy.
Scott is right. And the next time you see him on the river, say “Hi.” He’s easy to recognize; he’s the one without a mustache.
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I was there today and I would like to correct myself. First Island Drop does indeed have the shape of an “S.” It’s a mirror image of an “S,” and its curves are a bit muted, but it is an “S” nonetheless.
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It’s also on your parking badge, but it’s printed in a mirror image. If you hold your badge up to your rearview mirror, you’ll see the code at the bottom.
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Chris, If you’re new to the Guad, I highly recommend that you attend a stocking (for example, the one this Saturday). You’ll learn more about our river in half a day than you might in months of going at it alone, plus you’ll be helping GRTU to stock the fish that we all catch.
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Thanks for the report, Kevin.
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Sounds like my attempts at courting girls when I was considerably younger.
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I always wondered why S-Turn is neither a turn nor does it describe an “S.” I always assumed that the person who named it had had a few too many Convict Hill Stouts. Thanks, Jimbo, for correcting a mistake that I, and many others, have been making for a long time.
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I’ll start the ball rolling with the areas from #5 downstream.
As you enter the river at #5, you are facing a some shallow riffles and runs. At the base of those riffles, opposite a house on the left side of the river, is Barking Dog Pool. There’s a productive riffle leading into the pool usually referred to as Barking Dog Riffle. If wade down the right side of the river you’ll pass some flat water (that can be very productive in higher flows). Eventually (after a five or ten minute wade) the river constricts and you can see the current picking up. This stretch, The Lower Slots, leads down to the house where we stocked. At the base of the Lower Slots there’s a short riffle leading into a deep pool, Mountain Creek Pool. The river divides at the base of Mountain Creek Pool. Both sides can be productive, but there are usually more fish on the left branch, S-Turn. If you wade down either fork, you’ll eventually get to Potts.
Hope this helps,
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If you attended the first stocking, you were very close, certainly within viewing distance, of all the areas you ask about. But, to make things a bit clearer, I will answer your question on the other thread you started.
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I know of no such map, but, if you attend a stocking, people will be happy to paint out the named parts of the river.
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