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What is the "true right side" of a river? 17 Years, 8 Months ago
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I'm reading a FF book and in the description of one of the rivers I'll be fishing, it says to stay on the "true right side" of the river. It sounds like the author is referring to the right side while looking downstream, but I can't tell for sure.
(Apparently, the grizzlies have eaten 100% of the fly fishermen who hike on the true left side of the river, so I'd like to avoid the dining room.  ) |
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Re:What is the "true right side" of a river? 17 Years, 8 Months ago
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Since when did you learn to read?Don't worry bout the bears eating you as you are too old and would be too tender 
And you can't tell right from left let alone "true" |
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Once in a while
we get shown the Light
In the strangest of places
If we look at them right
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Ar, ar, ar! 17 Years, 8 Months ago
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Okay, it's actually an access thing. The true right side of the river will keep me from hitting an impenatrable wall of thick brush that exists on the true left side. If I stay to the true right, I'll have 4 miles of river that I can fish.
Besides, if I can figure out where the bears AREN'T, I can leave the cow bells at home. 
(Actually, we've been told we'll see 'em every hour. I've rented an electrified fence to keep the beasties away whilst I am sleeping.) |
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Re:What is the "true right side" of a river? 17 Years, 8 Months ago
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Bruce,
Don't know about the True Right Side of a river. The Brits and Kiwis frequently refer to River Right, which is the right side of the river looking downstream.
I remember it by recalling that anyone who uses that term is probably looking DOWN his nose at you for being such a barbarian as not knowing....  |
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Tight Lines,
Ed K
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Yeah, well... 17 Years, 8 Months ago
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If I don't hear from anyone else, I'll assume that facing downstream is the correct way to figure the true right side.
Thanks, Ed, and God Save the Queen!
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A strong casting arm and a room temperature IQ.
--Thomas McGuane--
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Re:Yeah, well... 17 Years, 8 Months ago
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Hmmmmm....Give him the right answer and he has a great fishing trip. The wrong answer and he gets eaten by a bear.
I think I'll go back to watching swimming on the olympics!
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I am haunted by waters.
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A River Runs Through It
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Re:Yeah, well... 17 Years, 8 Months ago
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Arizona Bruce wrote:
If I don't hear from anyone else, I'll assume that facing downstream is the correct way to figure the true right side.
Thanks, Ed, and Erin Go Bragh!!
You are quite welcome. 
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Tight Lines,
Ed K
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How I remember 17 Years, 8 Months ago
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AB,
I remember river right and river left from rafting. We were always facing downstream--unless we were wrapped around some rock.
I wonder if bears know left from right. I'm not the nervous type, but I'd be carrying an air horn, pepper spray, cow bells (the fence is not a bad idea), NOT eat bacon, and maybe even carry some sort of equalizer.
What did the Spartans used to say, "Come back on your bear, or in it."
Best of luck,
Anglerboy
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That's funny!:roflol 17 Years, 8 Months ago
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Thanks for your input. I'll consider everything EXCEPT the "equalizer".
On the last trip, I packed a .44 mag. It was a real pain to carry, and in reality, I know it was more for my peace of mind than a life-saver. Experts say the only handgun that'll stop a grizz is a .50 cal, which is a real cannon. Problem is, even with a heart/lung shot, Smokey can live another 2 minutes...plenty of time to dine on Bruce.
I bought a .12 gauge with an 18" barrel a few years ago, but THAT would be a pain to carry, too.
Bear pepper spray it will be. (I figure if it doesn't work, I can always spray my buddy and put him between me and the bear )
You might like this one. When I talked to a biologist at the AK G&F about grizzlies, I asked him if it was true that I should shoot at the bear's shoulder when it came at me, thereby breaking his shoulder and putting him down.
The biologist replied, "Mister, you just aim at the big brown blur that's coming in your direction!" |
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Re:Yeah, well... 17 Years, 8 Months ago
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Phil,
You just want me to get (as Daniel Boone would say) "ate by a bar" so that you can hook more fish on the T! |
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A strong casting arm and a room temperature IQ.
--Thomas McGuane--
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Paleeeese 17 Years, 8 Months ago
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Arizona Bruce wrote:
(Apparently, the grizzlies have eaten 100% of the fly fishermen who hike on the true left side of the river...)
Now that's the most ridiculous statement I've read in quite awhile. Does your cockamamie book say what % of fisherman are eaten who hike on the right side of the river?
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"Rivers course through my dreams, rivers cold and fast, rivers well-known and rivers nameless, rivers that seem like ribbons of blue water twisting through wide valleys, narrow rivers folded in layers of darkening shadow, rivers that have eroded down deep in a mountain's belly, sculpted the land, peeled back the planet's history exposing the texture of time itself."
— Harry Middleton (Rivers of Memory)
"Each night as I haul myself onto the back of county garbage truck no. 2, there is a familiar wind, some thread of moonglow or starlight, a splatter of dark rain on my skin, something that stirs my memory, and again, if even for a brief moment, I am on some mountain river, some stretch of bright water, full of possibilities, including the possibility of trout, perhaps one that, when hooked, will haul me in and out of time, in and out of life's mysterious and frightening, wondrous and incomprehensible continuum, even to the edges of the universe." -- Harry Middleton
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I can't tell if you're joking, OT... 17 Years, 8 Months ago
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but I was!
The book just said that the true left side of the river ends in a bluff and you can't cross anywhere near that point, which means I'd have to hike all the way back to camp to get to the other side.
The book is "the Flyfisher's Guide to Alaska".
I've used it on 2 prior occasions, and although it isn't always correct (it was written quite a while ago), it's a good start.
BTW, I was waiting for someone to challenge the fact that only the FLY FISHERMEN were getting eaten. Frankly, I think we are of better quality, and those Kodiak grizzlies have good taste!  |
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