Last weekend took a road trip up to Riggins to do a little fishing, Little salmon was way too high but buddy did manage to a catch a nice one---maybe 12 lbs
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came back by way of Cascade and about 8k cfs coming out of the dam--near record levels The rooster tail is 3 or 4 stories high
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NF Payette was cranking and a film crew was filming a crew and I stopped along the way for a few shots
for those who don't know, the North Fork Payette is a solid class V river at normal flow, here the flow was 4 or 5x normal
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My son and I put in on the Main Payette a much milder section. It was pumping at 14k cfs which is very high and still very big for me--a 50+ bald fat guy---enough that I was pretty gripped.
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my teenage son on the other hand was much more relaxed
here's a short video clip of some whitewater action on the NF Payette http://vimeo.com/12563837
