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justNorthofya
Darn nice of you to post that warning. What time did you go by the Greek Hole and what do you have for a drift boat. Just curious because I was fishing there with Ninja and talked to a lot of folks drifting. Wondered if we talked to you. We were there from about 9 to 3 swining flies.if you haven't floated the drift between oxbow and dabney lately..I want to let you know there is a big tree down and blocking almost the whole river about a 1/2 mile up from Dabney.
everyone I talked to today said they got surprised:shockand not in a good way)with it
It is passable(obviously) one boat said they bailed out and walked their boat over it...I rode it out and kinda let the current suck me around it, but I was by myself and not hauling a whole lot of gear.
It has probably been there awhile but at about 2000 ft/sec.(Bull Run gauge) its kind of sketchy.
just wanted to let you all know
I was floating by myself in a aluminum Willies I talked to a few guys that were fly fishing...I am not sure where the "greek hole" is
You need to pull your boat to the side (river left) get out of the boat and use you bow line to rope your boat over the log. The key is spotting the log before it's to late. It's right after the greek hole just before the river turns to the left. The only thing you see from up river is what looks like a root wad. If you have Google Earth its at GPS....45.30.81 122.20.13. Holly smokes I did it here are some pictures. When you see that rooot wad from up river get ready to pull to the side.Sounds like I will be waiting to do that drift... how do you get around it?
justNorthofya boy you were not kidding about that tree . It's still there and the water was a wee bit lower today. What a pain. Had to work to get across it. Ninja and I floated the Oxbow to Dabney trip todat and had a great time. We were usuing spey rods and swining those flies. All went well until we got to the log. It really wasn' t that bad but I was suprised it was still across the whole river. The guy after us roaped his boat across.
thats a great thought ..is it legal?